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Arkansas Code Title 20. Public Health and Welfare § 20-76-113. Promoting outcomes for the Transitional Employment Assistance Program and the Arkansas Work Pays Program

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The administration of the Transitional Employment Assistance Program and the Arkansas Work Pays Program shall focus on promoting the following Transitional Employment Assistance Program outcomes for Transitional Employment Assistance Program recipients and poor families in Arkansas:

(1) Increase the percentage of families who receive appropriate services to move off of Transitional Employment Assistance Program cash assistance into employment and toward self-sufficiency;

(2) Increase the percentage of families who leave Transitional Employment Assistance Program cash assistance due to earnings from work;

(3) Increase earnings of families who leave Transitional Employment Assistance Program cash assistance;

(4) Increase the percentage of parents leaving Transitional Employment Assistance Program cash assistance who stay employed; and

(5) Increase the percentage of former Transitional Employment Assistance Program cash assistance recipients who move out of poverty, including the value of food stamps and the federal Earned Income Tax Credit and child support.

(b) The Department of Human Services shall develop and maintain the indicators for the Transitional Employment Assistance Program outcomes listed in subdivisions (a)(1)-(5) of this section, subject to review and approval by the Arkansas Workforce Development Board.

(c)(1) The department shall develop proper targets for each Transitional Employment Assistance Program outcome by July 1 of each year, subject to review and approval by the board.

(2) The department shall review and report on progress in achieving the targets in the comprehensive annual program report.

(3)(A) On the forty-fifth day after the end of the federal fiscal year, the report shall be submitted to the Governor and to the Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor.

(B) The report shall include comments from other relevant state agencies about their activities and their progress toward the Transitional Employment Assistance Program outcome targets.

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