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11 Senators King and Holzendorf moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 135. Section 446.50, Florida Statutes, is
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20 446.50 Displaced homemakers; multiservice programs;
21 report to the Legislature; Displaced Homemaker Trust Fund
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23 (1) INTENT.--It is the intent of the Legislature to
24 require the Agency for Workforce InnovationDivision of
25 Community Colleges of the Department of Education to enter
26 into contracts with, and make grants to, public and nonprofit
27 private entities for purposes of establishing multipurpose
28 service programs to provide necessary training, counseling,
29 and services for displaced homemakers so that they may enjoy
30 the independence and economic security vital to a productive
31 life.
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1 (2) DEFINITIONS.--For the purposes of this section
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3 (a) "Displaced homemaker" means an individual who:
4 1. Is 35 years of age or older;
5 2. Has worked in the home, providing unpaid household
6 services for family members;
7 3. Is not adequately employed, as defined by rule of
8 the division;
9 4. Has had, or would have, difficulty in securing
10 adequate employment; and
11 5. Has been dependent on the income of another family
12 member but is no longer supported by such income, or has been
13 dependent on federal assistance.
14 (b) "Agency Division" means the Agency for Workforce
15 Innovation Division of Community Colleges of the Department of
16 Education.
17 (3) AGENCY DIVISION POWERS AND DUTIES.--
18 (a) The agency division, under plans established by
19 Workforce Florida, Inc., shall establish, or contract for the
20 establishment of, programs for displaced homemakers which
21 shall include:
22 1. Job counseling, by professionals and peers,
23 specifically designed for a person entering the job market
24 after a number of years as a homemaker.
25 2. Job training and placement services, including:
26 a. Training programs for available jobs in the public
27 and private sectors, taking into account the skills and job
28 experiences of a homemaker and developed by working with
29 public and private employers.
30 b. Assistance in locating available employment for
31 displaced homemakers, some of whom could be employed in
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1 existing job training and placement programs.
2 c. Utilization of the services of the state employment
3 service, which shall cooperate with the division in locating
4 employment opportunities.
5 3. Financial management services providing information
6 and assistance with respect to insurance, including, but not
7 limited to, life, health, home, and automobile insurance, and
8 taxes, estate and probate problems, mortgages, loans, and
9 other related financial matters.
10 4. Educational services, including high school
11 equivalency degree and such other courses as the agency
12 division determines would be of interest and benefit to
13 displaced homemakers.
14 5. Outreach and information services with respect to
15 federal and state employment, education, health, and
16 unemployment assistance programs which the division determines
17 would be of interest and benefit to displaced homemakers.
18 (b)1. The agency division shall enter into contracts
19 with, and make grants to, public and nonprofit private
20 entities for purposes of establishing multipurpose service
21 programs for displaced homemakers under this section act.
22 Such grants and contracts shall be awarded pursuant to chapter
23 287 and based on criteria established in the state plan
24 developed pursuant to this section. The agency division shall
25 designate catchment areas which together shall comprise the
26 entire state, and, to the extent possible from revenues in the
27 Displaced Homemaker Trust Fund, the agency division shall
28 contract with, and make grants to, entities which will serve
29 entire catchment areas so that displaced homemaker service
30 programs are available statewide. These catchment areas shall
31 be coterminous with the state's workforce development regions.
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1 The agency division may give priority to existing displaced
2 homemaker programs when evaluating bid responses to the
3 agency's division's request for proposals.
4 2. In order to receive funds under this section, and
5 unless specifically prohibited by law from doing so, an entity
6 that provides displaced homemaker service programs must, by
7 the 1991-1992 fiscal year, receive at least 25 percent of its
8 funding from one or more local, municipal, or county sources
9 or nonprofit private sources. In-kind contributions may be
10 evaluated by the agency division and counted as part of the
11 required local fundi ng.
12 3. The agency division shall require an entity that
13 receives funds under this section to maintain appropriate data
14 to be compiled in an annual report to the division. Such data
15 shall include, but shall not be limited to, the number of
16 clients served, the units of services provided, designated
17 client-specific information including intake and outcome
18 information specific to each client, costs associated with
19 specific services and program administration, total program
20 revenues by source and other appropriate financial data, and
21 client followup information at specified intervals after the
22 placement of a displaced home maker in a job.
23 (c) The agency division shall consult and cooperate
24 with the Commissioner of Education, the United States
25 Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, and such
26 other persons in the executive branch of the state government
27 as the agency division considers appropriate to facilitate the
28 coordination of multipurpose service programs established
29 under this section act with existing programs of a similar
30 nature.
31 (d) Supervisory, technical, and administrative
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1 positions relating to pro grams established under this section
2 act shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be filled by
3 displaced homemakers.
4 (e) The agency division shall adopt rules establishing
5 minimum standards necessary for entities that provide
6 displaced homemaker service programs to receive funds from the
7 agency division and any other rules necessary to administer
8 this section.
9 (4) STATE PLAN.--
10 (a) The Agency for Workforce Innovation division shall
11 develop a 3-year state plan for the displaced homemaker
12 program which shall be updated annually. The plan must
13 address, at a minimum, the need for programs specifically
14 designed to serve displaced homemakers, any necessary service
15 components for such programs in addition to those enumerated
16 in this section, goals of the displaced homemaker program with
17 an analysis of the extent to which those goals are being met,
18 and recommendations for ways to address any unmet program
19 goals. Any request for funds for program expansion must be
20 based on the state plan.
21 (b) Each annual update must address any changes in the
22 components of the 3-year state plan and a report which must
23 include, but need not be limited to, the following:
24 1. The scope of the incidence of displaced homemakers;
25 2. A compilation and report, by program, of data
26 submitted to the division pursuant to subparagraph 3. by
27 funded displaced homemaker service programs;
28 3. An identification and description of the programs
29 in the state that receive funding from the division, including
30 funding information; and
31 4. An assessment of the effectiveness of each
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1 displaced homemaker service program based on outcome criteria
2 established by rule of the division.
3 (c) The 3-year state plan must be submitted to the
4 President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
5 Representatives, and the Governor on or before January 1, 2001
6 1989, and annual updates of the plan must be submitted by
7 January 1 of each subsequent year.
8 (5) DISPLACED HOMEMAKER TRUST FUND.--
9 (a) There is established within the State Treasury a
10 Displaced Homemaker Trust Fund to be used by the agency
11 division for its administration of the displaced homemaker
12 program and to fund displaced homemaker service programs
13 according to criteria established under this section.
14 (b) The trust fund shall receive funds generated from
15 an additional fee on marriage license applications and
16 dissolution of marriage filings as specified in ss. 741.01(3)
17 and 28.101, respectively, and may receive funds from any other
18 public or private source.
19 (c) Funds that are not expended by the agency division
20 at the end of the budget cycle or through a supplemental
21 budget approved by the agency division shall revert to the
22 trust fund.
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26 And the title is amended as follows:
27 On page 19, lines 18 and 19, delete those lines
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30 F.S.; requiring the Agency for Workforce
31 Innovation to administer services
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