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- 445.001 Short title.
This chapter may be cited as the "Workforce Innovation Act of 2000." History.--s. 1, ch. 2000-165.
- 445.002 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Agency" means the Agency for Workforce Innovation. (2) "Services and one-time payments" or "services," when used in reference to...
- 445.003 Implementation of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
(1) WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT PRINCIPLES.--The state's approach to implementing the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Pub. L. No. 105-220, should have six elements: (a) Streamlining Services.--Florida's...
- 445.004 Workforce Florida, Inc.; creation; purpose; membership; duties and powers.
(1) There is created a not-for-profit corporation, to be known as "Workforce Florida, Inc.," which shall be registered, incorporated, organized, and operated in compliance with chapter...
- 445.006 Strategic and operational plans for workforce development.
(1) Workforce Florida, Inc., in conjunction with state and local partners in the workforce system, shall develop a strategic plan for workforce, with the goal of...
- 445.007 Regional workforce boards.
(1) One regional workforce board shall be appointed in each designated service delivery area and shall serve as the local workforce investment board pursuant to Pub....
- 445.0071 Florida Youth Summer Jobs Pilot Program.
(1) CREATION.--Contingent upon appropriations, there is created the Florida Youth Summer Jobs Pilot Program within workforce development district 22 served by the Broward Workforce Development Board....
- 445.008 Workforce Training Institute.
(1) Workforce Florida, Inc., may create the Workforce Training Institute, which shall be a comprehensive program of workforce training courses designed to meet the unique needs...
- 445.009 One-stop delivery system.
(1) The one-stop delivery system is the state's primary customer-service strategy for offering every Floridian access, through service sites or telephone or computer networks, to the...
- 445.010 Workforce system information technology; principles and information sharing.
(1) The following principles shall guide the development and management of workforce system information resources: (a) Workforce system entities should be committed to information sharing. (b) Cooperative planning...
- 445.011 Workforce information systems.
(1) Workforce Florida, Inc., shall implement, subject to legislative appropriation, automated information systems that are necessary for the efficient and effective operation and management of the...
- 445.014 Small business workforce service initiative.
(1) Subject to legislative appropriation, Workforce Florida, Inc., shall establish a program to encourage regional workforce development boards to establish one-stop delivery systems that maximize the...
- 445.016 Untried Worker Placement and Employment Incentive Act.
(1) This section may be cited as the "Untried Worker Placement and Employment Incentive Act." (2) For purposes of this section, the term "untried worker" means a...
- 445.017 Diversion.
(1) Many customers of the one-stop delivery system do not need ongoing temporary cash assistance, but, due to an unexpected circumstance or emergency situation, require some...
- 445.018 Diversion program to strengthen Florida's families.
(1) The diversion program to strengthen families in this state is intended to provide services that assist families in avoiding welfare dependency by gaining and retaining...
- 445.019 Teen parent and pregnancy prevention diversion program; eligibility for services.
The Legislature recognizes that teen pregnancy is a major cause of dependency on government assistance that often extends through more than one generation. The purpose...
- 445.020 Diversion programs; determination of need.
If federal regulations require a determination of needy families or needy parents to be based on financial criteria, such as income or resources, for individuals...
- 445.021 Relocation assistance program.
(1) The Legislature recognizes that the need for public assistance may arise because a family is located in an area with limited employment opportunities, because of...
- 445.022 Retention Incentive Training Accounts.
To promote job retention and to enable upward job advancement into higher skilled, higher paying employment, the board of directors of Workforce Florida, Inc., and...
- 445.023 Program for dependent care for families with children with special needs.
(1) There is created the program for dependent care for families with children with special needs. This program is intended to provide assistance to families with...
- 445.024 Work requirements.
(1) WORK ACTIVITIES.--The Agency for Workforce Innovation may develop activities under each of the following categories of work activities. The following categories of work activities, based...
- 445.025 Other support services.
Support services shall be provided, if resources permit, to assist participants in complying with work activity requirements outlined in s. 445.024. If resources do not...
- 445.026 Cash assistance severance benefit.
An individual who meets the criteria listed in this section may choose to receive a lump-sum payment in lieu of ongoing cash assistance payments, provided...
- 445.028 Transitional benefits and services.
In cooperation with Workforce Florida, Inc., the Department of Children and Family Services shall develop procedures to ensure that families leaving the temporary cash assistance...
- 445.029 Transitional medical benefits.
(1) A family that loses its temporary cash assistance due to earnings shall remain eligible for Medicaid without reapplication during the immediately succeeding 12-month period if...
- 445.030 Transitional education and training.
In order to assist former recipients of temporary cash assistance who are working or actively seeking employment in continuing their training and upgrading their skills,...
- 445.031 Transitional transportation.
In order to assist former recipients of temporary cash assistance in maintaining and sustaining employment or educational opportunities, transportation may be provided, if funds are...
- 445.032 Transitional child care.
In order to assist former welfare transition program participants and individuals who have been redirected through up-front diversion in obtaining employment, continuing to be employed,...
- 445.0325 Welfare Transition Trust Fund.
(1) The Welfare Transition Trust Fund is created in the State Treasury, to be administered by the Agency for Workforce Innovation. Funds shall be credited to...
- 445.033 Evaluation.
The board of directors of Workforce Florida, Inc., and the Department of Children and Family Services shall arrange for evaluation of TANF-funded programs operated under...
- 445.034 Authorized expenditures.
Any expenditures from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant shall be made in accordance with the requirements and limitations of part A of...
- 445.035 Data collection and reporting.
The Department of Children and Family Services and the board of directors of Workforce Florida, Inc., shall collect data necessary to administer this chapter and...
- 445.038 Digital media; job training.
Workforce Florida, Inc., through the Agency for Workforce Innovation, may use funds dedicated for Incumbent Worker Training for the digital media industry. Training may be...
- 445.045 Development of an Internet-based system for information technology industry promotion and workforce recruitment.
(1) Workforce Florida, Inc., is responsible for directing the development and maintenance of a website that promotes and markets the information technology industry in this state....
- 445.046 Establishment of a network access point.
The state actively supports efforts that enhance the information technology industry in this state, particularly those efforts that increase broadband technology. A critical initiative to...
- 445.047 Passport to Economic Progress Act; legislative intent.
The purpose of the Passport to Economic Progress Act is to provide incentives and services designed to assist individuals who are recipients of temporary cash...
- 445.048 Passport to Economic Progress program.
(1) AUTHORIZATION.--Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, Workforce Florida, Inc., in conjunction with the Department of Children and Family Services and the Agency for Workforce Innovation,...
- 445.049 Digital Divide Council.
(1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.--The Legislature finds as follows: (a) Frequent access to use of information technology and possession of the knowledge and skills required to use...
- 445.051 Individual development accounts.
(1) The purpose of this act is to provide for the establishment of individual development accounts that can provide families having limited means an opportunity to...
- 445.055 Employment advocacy and assistance program targeting military spouses and dependents.
(1) The Legislature finds that military families are faced with a variety of challenges, including frequent relocations, recurring deployments, lengthy periods of separation, and heightened anxiety...
- 445.056 Citizen Soldier Matching Grant Program.
The Agency for Workforce Innovation shall establish a matching grant program to award matching grants to private sector employers in this state that provide wages...
Last modified: March 26, 2010
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