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SB 767 Public assistance; Initiative for Employment Not Welfare (VIEW).

Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Public assistance. Provides that local departments of social services may place a VIEW participant, subject to his consent, in a vocational educational program targeted to skills required for local employment if the participant is in need of job skills and would benefit from immediate job skills training. The participant would be exempt from the job search requirement if he has two of the following criteria: (i) less than a high school education, (ii) reading or math skills at or below the eighth grade level, (iii) not retained a job for six months in the prior two-year period, or (iv) is undergoing treatment for substance abuse or family violence. The program shall be for a minimum of 30 hours per week and the participant shall be required to work an average of eight hours per week during the program. Prior to placing the VIEW participant in the vocational educational program, the local department shall have a memorandum of understanding with an employer that the participant may be placed, if qualified and the employer has an opening, in a job with the employer. This bill is identical to HB 2597.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Public assistance. Provides that local departments of social services may place a VIEW participant, subject to his consent, in a vocational educational program targeted to skills required for local employment if the participant is in need of job skills and would benefit from immediate job skills training. The participant would be exempt from the job search requirement if he has two of the following criteria: (i) less than a high school education, (ii) reading or math skills at or below the eighth grade level, (iii) not retained a job for six months in the prior two-year period, or (iv) is undergoing treatment for substance abuse or family violence. The program shall be for a minimum of 30 hours per week and the participant shall be required to work an average of eight hours per week during the program. Prior to placing the VIEW participant in the vocational educational program, the local department shall have a memorandum of understanding with an employer that the participant may be placed, if qualified and the employer has an opening, in a job with the employer. This bill is identical to HB 2597.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Public assistance; Virginia Initiative for Employment Not Welfare (VIEW). Provides that local departments of social services may place a VIEW participant in a vocational educational training program if the participant is in need of job skills and would benefit from job skills training. The local department must have a memorandum of agreement with an employer in the locality that the VIEW participant will be qualified for employment with said employer at the conclusion of the program. The vocational educational program shall be for a minimum of thirty hours per week for no longer than twenty-six weeks. While in the program, the VIEW participant shall be required to work an average of eight hours per week in a part-time or temporary job or community work experience. The Board of Social Services shall promulgate regulations that will direct the local departments on the implementation of this provision. There are also technical amendments.