Florida Statutes Title XXXI Chapter 445 - Workforce Services

• 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) “Department” means the Department of Economic Opportunity.(2) “Services and one-time payments” or “services,” when used in reference to individuals who...
• 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 employment...
• 445.004 - Careersource Florida, Inc.; Creation; Purpose; Membership; Duties And Powers.
  (1) CareerSource Florida, Inc., is created as a not-for-profit corporation, which shall be registered, incorporated, organized, and operated in compliance with chapter 617. CareerSource Florida, Inc.,...
• 445.006 - Strategic And Operational Plans For Workforce Development.
  (1) CareerSource Florida, Inc., in conjunction with state and local partners in the workforce system, shall develop a strategic plan that produces skilled employees for employers...
• 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) CareerSource 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 by workforce...
• 445.011 - Workforce Information Systems.
  (1) CareerSource 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, CareerSource 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 person...
• 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 CareerSource 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 Department of Economic Opportunity 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 CareerSource Florida, Inc., the Department of Children and Families shall develop procedures to ensure that families leaving the temporary cash assistance program...
• 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 Department of Economic Opportunity. Funds shall be credited to...
• 445.033 - Evaluation.
  The board of directors of CareerSource Florida, Inc., and the Department of Children and Families shall arrange for evaluation of TANF-funded programs operated under this...
• 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 Families and the board of directors of CareerSource Florida, Inc., shall collect data necessary to administer this chapter and make...
• 445.038 - Digital Media; Job Training.
  CareerSource Florida, Inc., through the Department of Economic Opportunity, 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) CareerSource 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, CareerSource Florida, Inc., in conjunction with the Department of Children and Families and the Department of Economic Opportunity, shall...
• 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 Department of Economic Opportunity shall implement the matching grant program established by the former Agency for Workforce Innovation to award matching grants to private...
• 445.06 - Florida Ready To Work Certification Program.
  (1) There is created the Florida Ready to Work Certification Program to enhance the workplace skills of Floridians to better prepare them for successful employment in...
• 445.07 - Economic Security Report Of Employment And Earning Outcomes.
  (1) Beginning December 31, 2013, and annually thereafter, the Department of Economic Opportunity shall prepare, or contract with an entity to prepare, an economic security report...

Last modified: September 23, 2016