CHAPTER 319oo*
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

Secs. 17b-680 to 17b-688a. (Formerly Secs. 17-483 to 17-488, 17-490, 17-492a, 17- 492b and 17-492d). Definitions. Information on available programs. Assessment; employability plan; referral; monitoring; penalties. Department of Social Services; administration of JOBS program; duties; report. Demonstration work preparation and supportive work employment program. JOBS opportunities coordinator; advisory committee. Job training program for certain recipients of AFDC. Supportive work and grant diversion programs in selected sites. Funds; training for placement in supported work and skilled technical programs. Supported work program; public awareness campaign. Sections 17b-680 to 17b-688a, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1, 1997.
(P.A. 84-444, S. 1, 3; 84-473, S. 1—4; P.A. 85-458; P.A. 86-291, S. 1—6; P.A. 87-1, S. 6, 7; 87-411, S. 1—3, 5, 7— 9, P.A. 89-260, S. 36, 41; 89-280, S. 2—6, 9; P.A. 91-90; P.A. 92-126, S. 29, 40, 48; 92-211, S. 2; P.A. 93-221, S. 5; 93- 262, S. 1, 41—43, 87; 93-418, S. 15, 41; P.A. 96-180, S. 48—50; 96-262, S. 9, 11; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 164, 165.)

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The Labor Commissioner shall establish a computerized interagency information and case management system within the Labor Department for the purpose of administering contracts for employment services for recipients of temporary family assistance. Such information shall include, but not be limited to, all statistical and relevant data for the administration of such contracts. The Labor Department and the Department of Social Services shall continually revise and update said system with data concerning such recipients for the purpose of (1) assisting in the implementation and operation of the temporary family assistance program and (2) meeting federal work participation requirements of the temporary assistance for needy families program.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 119, 165.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 effective July 1, 1997.

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(a) The Department of Social Services shall administer, in accordance with sections 17b-688h and 17b-688i, an employment services program for the purpose of providing employment services to recipients of benefits under the temporary assistance for needy families program pursuant to Title IV-A of the Social Security Act. Said program shall include the provision of employment services to recipients of temporary family assistance that will enable them to become employed and independent of cash assistance within twenty-one months of receipt of temporary family assistance.
(b) The Department of Social Services shall reduce the benefits awarded to a family under the temporary family assistance program when a member of the family who is required to participate in employment services fails to comply with an employment services requirement without good cause. The first instance of noncompliance with an employment services requirement shall result in a twenty-five per cent reduction of such benefits for three consecutive months. The second instance of noncompliance with such requirement shall result in a thirty-five per cent reduction of such benefits for three consecutive months. A third or subsequent instance of noncompliance with such requirement shall result in the termination of such benefits for three consecutive months. If only one member of a family is eligible for temporary family assistance and such member fails to comply with an employment services requirement, the department shall terminate all benefits of such family for three consecutive months. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the department shall terminate the benefits awarded to a family under the temporary family assistance program if a member of the family who is not exempt from the twenty-one-month time limit specified in subsection (a) of section 17b-112 fails, without good cause, to: (1) Attend any scheduled assessment appointment or interview relating to the establishment of an employment services plan, except that such individual's benefits shall be reinstated if the individual attends a subsequently scheduled appointment or interview within thirty days of the date on which the department has issued notification to the individual that benefits have been terminated, or (2) comply with an employment services requirement during a six-month extension of benefits. Any individual who fails to comply with the provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection may submit a new application for such benefits at any time after termination of benefits.
(c) The Department of Social Services shall not enter into or renew any contractual obligations for the employment services program that extend beyond June 30, 1998. Within fifteen days after execution of such contractual obligations, the Department of Social Services shall send to the Labor Department a copy of such contracts for the information of the Labor Department.
(d) The Commissioner of Social Services shall implement policies and procedures necessary to carry out the purposes of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form, provided notice is published in the Connecticut Law Journal within twenty days of implementation of such policies and procedures. Policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this section shall be valid until the time final regulations are effective.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 120, 165; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 14; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 129, 131.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 effective July 1, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 designated existing provisions re employment services program administration and inclusion as Subsec. (a), adding references to Secs. 17b-688h and 17b- 688i therein, added Subsec. (b) re reduction and termination of benefits, designated existing provisions re contractual obligations as Subsec. (c), and designated provisions re policies and procedures as Subsec. (d), making a technical change therein; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 revised effective date of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 but without affecting this section.

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Transferred to Sec. 17b-688h.

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Transferred to Sec. 17b-688i.

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Transferred to Sec. 17b-688j.

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A minor parent who is without a high school diploma or its equivalent, is not married and has a child who is at least twelve weeks of age, who is in such parent's care, shall be ineligible for temporary family assistance unless such parent is participating in educational activities directed toward the attainment of a high school diploma or its equivalent.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 13, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 124, 129, 131.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 effective July 1, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 added reference to high school diploma equivalent and changed effective date of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 from July 1, 2001 to October 1, 2001, effective July 1, 2001.

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Sec. 17b-688h. (Formerly Sec. 17b-688d). Memorandum of understanding for employment services for TANF recipients. Pilot program. Report to General Assembly. (a) The Labor Department and the Department of Social Services shall enter into a memorandum of understanding, to be effective not later than September 1, 1997, for the purpose of enhancing the effectiveness of the delivery of employment services to recipients of temporary assistance for needy families. The memorandum of understanding shall include, but not be limited to, providing for (1) the identification and reduction of duplicative services; (2) the coordination of contracts for employment services; (3) the maximization of federal funds through the JOB Training Partnership Act which may include seeking any necessary federal waiver; and (4) studying the feasibility of integrating services to provide a one-stop process for recipients seeking services.
(b) Effective July 1, 1998, the Labor Department shall be responsible for the negotiation, establishment, modification, extension, suspension or termination of contracts for employment services. The Labor Department may provide administration and services directly or through the Connecticut Employment and Training Commission or regional workforce development boards.
(c) The Labor Department and the Department of Social Services shall establish a pilot program in each of two regions commencing July 1, 1997, for the purpose of providing employment retention services.
(d) The Labor Department and the Department of Social Services shall report on the implementation of sections 17b-688b, 17b-688c and this section to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor and human services, the Office of Policy and Management, the Connecticut Employment and Training Commission and the advisory council established pursuant to section 122 of public act 97-2 of the June 18 special session* on or before February 15, 1998.
(e) Effective July 1, 1997, the Labor Department shall transfer to the Department of Social Services the sum of nine million dollars. Effective December 1, 1997, the Labor Department shall transfer to the Department of Social Services the sum of eight million five hundred thousand dollars. The five million dollars remaining in the budget of the Labor Department designated for employment services for recipients of temporary family assistance shall be used for the computerized interagency information management system to be developed pursuant to section 17b-688c, and for the pilot programs to be established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, and for administrative costs associated with such computerized system and such pilot programs.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 121, 165.)
*Note: Section 122 of public act 97-2 of the June 18 special session is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 effective July 1, 1997; Sec. 17b-688d transferred to Sec. 17b-688h in 2003.

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(a) In accordance with section 17b-688c, the Department of Social Services shall administer the employment services program for the purpose of providing services to recipients of benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program pursuant to Title IV-A of the Social Security Act.
(b) To the extent permitted under section 17b-688c, the Labor Department shall be responsible for the administration of employment services to recipients of temporary family assistance under the employment services program administered by the Department of Social Services pursuant to section 17-688c. The employment services provided by the Labor Department shall include appropriate basic education and occupational skills training combined with subsidized or unsubsidized work experience and employment, as deemed appropriate by the Labor Department, and any other programs or services deemed appropriate by the Labor Department, to the extent permitted under state and federal law, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Employment; (2) work- study, internship or apprenticeship opportunities; (3) adult skills training, including literacy, mathematics and language proficiency with curriculum related to job opportunities and job search skills; (4) occupational skills training; (5) case management and counseling in successful work skills; and (6) access to state-subsidized child care and transportation, where needed. Services may be provided by existing service providers, including, but not limited to, local or regional boards of education or regional educational service centers that offer adult education programs, community-technical colleges and vocational-technical schools.
(c) Not later than January 1, 1999, and annually thereafter, the Labor Department shall submit a report to the Governor, the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations, human services and labor and public employees and the Connecticut Employment and Training Commission. Each report shall contain an evaluation of the operation of the employment services administered by the Labor Department pursuant to this section, including the number of persons who receive employment services, their gender and outcomes. Each such report shall also provide specific information regarding the cost-effectiveness of the employment services.
(P.A. 98-169, S. 2, 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 96, 121.)
History: P.A. 98-169 effective July 1, 1998; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 made a technical change in subsection (c) to correct the reference to the Connecticut Employment and Training Commission; Sec. 17b-688e transferred to Sec. 17b- 688i in 2003.

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Within available appropriations, the Department of Social Services, in conjunction with the Labor Department and Department of Transportation, shall establish a two-year pilot program designed to assist Connecticut workers and job seekers who lack reliable transportation in securing reliable transportation to employment, educational programs, job training and child care.
(P.A. 98-169, S. 5, 8.)
History: P.A. 98-169 effective July 1, 1998; Sec. 17b-688f transferred to Sec. 17b-688j in 2003.

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For the purposes of this section and sections 17b-63, 17b-78, 17b-118 and 17b-134, an "employable person" means one (1) who is sixteen years of age or older but less than sixty-five years of age; and (2) who has no documented physical or mental impairment or who has such an impairment which is expected to last less than two months, as determined by the commissioner, prohibiting him from working or participating in an education, training or other work- readiness program. For the purposes of this section and section 17b-134 an "unemployable person" means one (1) who is under sixteen years of age or sixty-five years of age or older or fifty-five years of age or older with a history of chronic unemployment; (2) who has a physical or mental impairment which is expected to last at least six months, as determined by the commissioner; (3) who is pending receipt of supplemental security income, Social Security income or financial assistance through another program administered by the Department of Social Services; (4) who is needed to care for a child under two years of age or an incapacitated child or spouse; or (5) who is a full-time high school student. For purposes of this section and said section 17b-134, a "transitional individual" means (A) a person who has a documented physical or mental impairment which prevents employment and is expected to last at least two months, but less than six months as defined by the commissioner, and who, unless circumstances precluded participation in the labor force, as determined by the commissioner, has worked in at least three of the most recent five calendar quarters and earned at least five hundred dollars in each quarter or who received or was eligible to receive unemployment compensation within the previous six months; (B) a person whose determination of unemployability or disability, as defined by the commissioner, is pending and who provides medical documentation of a severe physical or mental impairment which is expected to last at least six months; or (C) until such time as the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services implements its basic needs supplement program in the region in which the person resides, a person with mental illness or a substance abuser in a treatment plan approved by the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, or by the local welfare official. A person who is a substance abuser shall be required to participate in treatment, including counseling, and shall be eligible for assistance while waiting for treatment.
(1961, P.A. 503; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 79-337, S. 2; P.A. 80-395, S. 1, 7; P.A. 81-134, S. 1, 2; P.A. 82-78, S. 1, 2; 82-147, S. 2, 4; 82-214, S. 2, 3, 6; P.A. 83-535, S. 1, 3; P.A. 84-168, S. 1, 4; P.A. 86-415, S. 2, 10; P.A. 87-176; 87-308, S. 1, 2; P.A. 88-156, S. 17; 88-236; P.A. 89-62, S. 1, 2; 89-239, S. 3; 89-293; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 11, 89; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 96-268, S. 24, 34; June 18 Sp. Ses. P.A. 97-2, S. 78, 165.)
History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of social services with commissioner of income maintenance, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-337 allowed towns to require persons receiving support to participate in education or training programs; P.A. 80-395 required towns to establish work programs and required assistance recipients to participate in town program or other approved work, training, education etc. program, amending provisions accordingly and designating former Subsecs. (b) and (c) as (d) and (e), deleting former Subsec. (d) and inserting new Subsecs. (b), (c) and (f); P.A. 81-134 amended Subsec. (e) to allow towns to apply the thirty-five dollar payment for each recipient toward the cost of workers' compensation insurance and added Subsec. (g) providing that workfare participants are included in definition of employee for purposes of workers' compensation insurance, establishing pay rates for participation in work, training or education program, etc.; P.A. 82-78 redefined "employable person" in Subsec. (c) to add the restriction that the person not be in full-time attendance in high school; P.A. 82-147 amended Subsec. (a) to allow placement of employable persons in private employers' training programs and added exceptions for persons participating in such programs to the hour and payment restrictions; P.A. 82-214 amended Subsec. (a) to (1) require that persons who refuse or wilfully fail to report for work or to participate in the program be ineligible to apply for assistance for thirty days for the first refusal or failure, sixty days for the second and ninety for the third and all subsequent refusals or failures, replacing provision whereby ineligibility continued until person reported for and performed work or participated in education or training program to which he was assigned, (2) give the person the ability to request placement during ineligibility and payment at his benefit rate at the end of each week's work, (3) specify that the period of ineligibility commence on the day immediately following the actual date of termination, (4) require the commissioner of income maintenance to adopt regulations to administer the ineligibility provisions and added the requirement that payment for work over the budget deficit be within thirty days and amended Subsec. (f) to require participation by at least two-thirds of the employable recipients within two years of plan approval and to require the commissioner of income maintenance to develop positions in state agencies for up to twelve per cent of the participants from each town with a population in excess of one hundred thousand, specifying that if such positions are not developed and the town has the required number of participants minus twelve per cent the town shall not be denied reimbursement for the twelve per cent; P.A. 83-535 amended Subsec. (f) to change the requirement from "all" employable recipients participating after "four" years to "eighty-five per cent" after "five" years, changed the number of positions which the commissioner has to develop for the placement of recipients from "up to twelve per cent of the workfare participants from each town whose population exceeds one hundred thousand" to "twenty-five per cent" from each town which has over "one hundred eighty" participants and added the provision for positions in public or private nonprofit agencies and the requirement that the commissioners of other state agencies cooperate in the development of positions; P.A. 84-168 amended Subsec. (a) by adding the one-time limitation on a request for placement during each period of ineligibility and by changing the payment date from at the end of the week's work to the next scheduled date for assistance payments and amended Subsec. (f) by removing the requirement that eighty-five per cent of the employable recipients become participants within five years of plan approval; P.A. 86-415 amended Subsec. (a) to require that if a one-year period elapses, from a prior to a subsequent refusal, the result shall be a thirty-day period of ineligibility; P.A. 87-176 amended Subsec. (a) by removing provisions increasing the time a person is ineligible to apply for assistance based on the number of times he refused or wilfully failed to report or to participate; P.A. 87-308 amended Subsec. (e) to increase the payment for administrative costs from "thirty-five" to "fifty" dollars; P.A. 88-156 authorized the continuation of the two-thirds placement ratio and required the commissioner to adopt regulations to establish the criteria for calculating such compliance ration in Subsec. (f); P.A. 88-236 added provision exempting a town liable to support a general assistance recipient from including the recipient in the town's work, education or training program if the recipient is not a resident of the town providing support in Subsec. (f); P.A. 89-62 deleted the references to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and added a reference to the minimum hourly wage pursuant to Sec. 31-58 in Subsecs. (a) and (g); P.A. 89-239 amended Subsec. (c) by excluding from the definition of "employable person" one who is without a permanent domicile and is temporarily residing in an emergency shelter for the homeless; P.A. 89-293 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize a work program to include substance abuse counseling; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision re retention of ten dollars per week by person participating in program and provision permitting a person deemed ineligible for assistance due to refusal to participate in program to be reinstated during the period of ineligibility, increasing period of ineligibility for refusal to participate in program to ninety days, adding Subdivs. (1), (2) and (3) establishing grounds for the imposition of a ninety-day period of ineligibility, and deleting requirement that the commissioner adopt regulations to administer the ineligibility provisions of this section, amended Subsec. (c) by redefining "employable person" and defining "unemployable person", amended Subsec. (e) by deleting provision granting a town fifty dollars per month for administrative costs for each employable recipient who participates in the program, amended Subsec. (f) by adding a provision permitting the commissioner to exempt a town from the requirements of the Subsec. and added Subsec. (h) requiring towns to develop an employability plan for each employable recipient; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-281a transferred to Sec. 17b-689 in 1995; P.A. 96-268 amended Subsec. (c) to add definitions of "employable person who is job-ready" and "employable but not job-ready", effective July 1, 1996; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 deleted former Subsecs. (a) and (b) re towns required to offer work programs for employable persons, deleted definitions of an "employable person who is job-ready" and a person who is "employable but not job-ready", added definition of "a transitional individual," deleted former Subsecs. (d) to (h) re work plans established for employable persons and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 1997.
See Sec. 17b-118 re circumstances where assistance to employable persons is prohibited.
Cited. 232 C. 599, 604, 612. Cited. 233 C. 557, 564.
Subsec. (a):
Cited. 232 C. 599, 604, 605, 608.
Subsec. (c):
Cited. 233 C. 557, 563, 564.

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Section 17b-689b is repealed, effective July 1, 1997.
(P.A. 96-268, S. 27, 34; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 164, 165.)

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The Commissioner of Social Services may implement the provisions of subsection (a) of section 17b-78, sections 17b-118, 17b-257 and 17b-689 and section 25 of public act 96-268* while in the process of adopting policy and procedures in regulation form, provided notice of intention to adopt the regulations is published in the Connecticut Law Journal within twenty days of implementation.
(P.A. 96-268, S. 26, 34.)
*Note: Section 25 of public act 96-268 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.
History: P.A. 96-268 effective July 1, 1996.

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(a) Each person found eligible for time-limited assistance under the temporary family assistance program after July 1, 1998, shall be assessed for the purpose of developing an employability plan, as follows:
(1) The Department of Social Services shall perform an initial assessment in the following areas: Education, employment and training history, basic educational needs and other social service needs, including transportation, child care, child support, domestic violence, substance abuse and mental health.
(2) Following completion of the initial assessment conducted pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, the Department of Social Services shall refer each such person to the Labor Department which shall, in conjunction with the regional workforce development boards, (A) conduct any further assessment of such person, as deemed necessary by the Labor Department to complete such person's employability plan, not later than six months after the initial assessment, (B) finalize the employability plan, (C) identify the services such person requires to fulfill his employability plan, and (D) refer such person for appropriate employment services, including the services identified in subsection (b) of section 17b-688i.
(b) The Department of Social Services shall assess each person found eligible for time-limited assistance under the temporary family assistance program on or before July 1, 1998, who is not currently reporting earnings to the Department of Social Services, at the time of redetermination. The Department of Social Services shall conduct such assessment in accordance with subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section, unless substantially similar assessment has already been completed for such person. Following the completion of such assessment by the Department of Social Services, the Department of Social Services shall refer such person to the Labor Department for further assessment in accordance with subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 98-169, S. 3, 8.)
History: P.A. 98-169 effective July 1, 1998.

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Secs. 17b-690 to 17b-693. (Formerly Secs. 17-281c, 17-281d, 17-281g, 17- 281h). Work program plan; regulations. Private employers' work training programs for employable recipients. Town plans for delivery of employment and employability services to general assistance recipients; funding. Interagency council for coordinated employability and employment services for general assistance recipients. Sections 17b-690 to 17b-693, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1, 1997.
(P.A. 80-395, S. 4, 7; P.A. 82-147, S. 1, 4; P.A. 83-83; P.A. 85-564, S. 5, 12; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 17, 19, 89; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 95-265, S. 5, 7; P.A. 96-180, S. 51, 166; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 164, 165.)

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Sec. 17b-694. Community Employment Incentive Program. Employment placement projects. (a) The Labor Commissioner, in consultation with the Commissioners of Social Services and Mental Health, shall administer a grant program, within available appropriations, to fund employment placement projects for recipients of general assistance or state-administered general assistance, cash assistance or medical assistance or recipients of Medicaid who are eighteen to twenty years of age. A grant may be awarded to (1) a municipality or group of towns which form a region based on a project plan providing education, training or other assistance in securing employment, (2) a private substance abuse or mental health services provider based on a project plan incorporating job placement in the treatment process, or (3) a nonprofit organization providing employment services when no municipality or group of towns elect to apply for such a grant for a given geographic area. A plan may include cash incentives as a supplement to wages for recipients who work.
(b) In order to receive funding, a project plan shall be submitted to the commissioner no later than August first, annually. Funds shall be disbursed by the commissioner no later than September first, annually. Projects shall be funded based on the number of recipients to be served and the level of services to be provided.
(P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-418, S. 19, 41; 93-435, S. 59, 95; P.A. 96-268, S. 28, 34; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 79, 165; P.A. 99-279, S. 25, 45.)
History: P.A. 93-418 effective July 1, 1993 (Revisor's note: P.A. 93-262 and 93-435 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993); P.A. 96-268 amended Subsec. (a) to include recipients of stipends issued pursuant to the grant program established in Sec. 17b-689a, effective July 1, 1996; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing reference to the repealed grant program in Sec. 17b-689a with state-administered general assistance, cash assistance or medical assistance, and by allowing grants to be awarded to certain nonprofit organizations providing employment services, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 99-279 amended Subsec. (a) to expand eligibility for the grant program to Medicaid recipients who are eighteen to twenty years of age and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1999 (Revisor's note: In codifying this section the Revisor's editorially reinstated a deleted comma after the word "assistance" in the phrase "... or state-administered general assistance, cash assistance or ...").

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Secs. 17b-695 to 17b-697. (Formerly Secs. 17-655 to 17-657). Definitions. Grants for centers; "comprehensive job training and related services" defined. Criteria for distribution of funds. Sections 17b-695 to 17b-697, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1, 2001.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-13, S. 1—3, 7; P.A. 84-363, S. 1; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 49, 50, 87; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 68, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 129, 131.)

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The Commissioner of Social Services shall collect data from each job training and placement service funded by the Department of Social Services and serving recipients of the temporary family assistance program for the purpose of assessing the success of job placement services in assisting a recipient of either such program to attain self- sufficiency. Data collected shall include, but not be limited to: (1) The number of clients served; (2) the number of clients placed in jobs; (3) types of job training received by recipients and if such training led to employment; (4) cost-effectiveness of job training; (5) types of jobs obtained by recipients; (6) salary and benefits of those jobs obtained; and (7) length of those jobs obtained.
(P.A. 95-194, S. 26, 33; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 80, 165.)
History: P.A. 95-194, S. 26 effective July 1, 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 replaced a reference to aid to families with dependent children with temporary family assistance, effective July 1, 1997.

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Section 17b-698a is repealed, effective July 1, 2001.
(P.A. 95-194, S. 27, 33; 95-351, S. 21, 30; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 68, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 129, 131.)

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Reserved for future use.

Note: Chapters 319pp and 319qq are also reserved for future use.

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