Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 74 Public Assistance - Chapter 74.25A Employment Partnership Program
- 74.25A.005 Legislative findings
The legislature finds that the restructuring in the Washington economy has created rising public assistance caseloads and declining real wages for Washington workers. There is ...
- 74.25A.010 Employment partnership program -- Created -- Goals
The employment partnership program is created to develop a series of geographically distributed model projects to provide permanent full-time employment for low-income and unemployed persons. ...
- 74.25A.020 Pilot projects -- Grants to be used as wage subsidies -- Criteria
The secretary of the department of social and health services shall establish pilot projects that enable grants to be used as a wage subsidy. The ...
- 74.25A.030 Employer eligibility -- Conditions
An employer, before becoming eligible to fill a position under the employment partnership program, shall certify to the local employment partnership council that the employment, ...
- 74.25A.040 Diversion of grants to worker-owned businesses
Grants may be diverted for the start-up or retention of worker-owned businesses if: (1) A feasibility study or business plan is completed on the proposed ...
- 74.25A.045 Local employment partnership council
A local employment partnership council shall be established in each pilot project area to assist the department of social and health services in the administration ...
- 74.25A.050 Program participants -- Eligibility for assistance programs
Participants shall be considered recipients of temporary assistance for needy families and remain eligible for medicaid benefits even if the participant does not receive a ...
- 74.25A.060 Program participants -- Benefits and salary not to be diminished
An applicant or recipient of aid under this chapter who participates in the employment partnership program shall be guaranteed that the value of the benefits ...
- 74.25A.070 Program participants -- Classification under federal job training law
Applicants for and recipients of aid under this chapter are "individuals in special need" of training as described in section 2 of the federal job ...
- 74.25A.080 Department of social and health services to seek federal funds
The department of social and health services shall seek any federal funds available for implementation of this chapter, including, but not limited to, funds available ...
- 74.25A.900 Intent -- Finding -- Severability -- Conflict with federal requirements -- 1994 c 299
See notes following RCW 74.12.400. ...
Last modified: April 7, 2009