Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1650
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11 The Committee on Commerce and Consumer Services (King)
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19 (c) The agency shall include the following offices
20 within its organizational structure which shall have the
21 specified responsibilities:
22 1.(a) the Office of Unemployment Compensation
23 Workforce Services; shall administer the unemployment
24 compensation program, the Rapid Response program, the Work
25 Opportunity Tax Credit program, the Alien Labor Certification
26 program, and any other programs that are delivered directly by
27 agency staff rather than through the one-stop delivery system.
28 The office shall be directed by the Deputy Director for
29 Workforce Services, who shall be appointed by and serve at the
30 pleasure of the director.
31 2.(b) the Office of Workforce Program Support; and
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1 Accountability shall administer state merit system program
2 staff within the workforce service delivery system, under the
3 policies of Workforce Florida, Inc. The office is responsible
4 for delivering services through the one-stop delivery system
5 and for ensuring that participants in welfare transition
6 programs receive case management services, diversion
7 assistance, support services, including child care and
8 transportation services, Medicaid services, and transition
9 assistance to enable them to succeed in the workforce. The
10 office is also responsible for program quality assurance,
11 grants and contract management, contracting, financial
12 management, and reporting. The office shall be directed by the
13 Deputy Director for Program Support and Accountability, who
14 shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the
15 director. The office is responsible for:
16 1. Establishing monitoring, quality assurance, and
17 quality improvement systems that routinely assess the quality
18 and effectiveness of contracted programs and services.
19 2. Annual review of each regional workforce board and
20 administrative entity to ensure that adequate systems of
21 reporting and control are in place; that monitoring, quality
22 assurance, and quality improvement activities are conducted
23 routinely; and that corrective action is taken to eliminate
24 deficiencies.
25 3.(c) the Office of Early Learning, which shall
26 administer the school readiness system in accordance with s.
27 411.01 and the operational requirements of the Voluntary
28 Prekindergarten Education Program in accordance with part V of
29 chapter 1002. The office shall be directed by the Deputy
30 Director for Early Learning, who shall be appointed by and
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1650
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1 4.(d) the Office of Agency Support Services.
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3 The director of the agency may establish the positions of
4 assistant director and deputy director to administer the
5 requirements and functions of the agency. In addition, the
6 director may organize and structure the agency to best meet
7 the goals and objectives of the agency. is responsible for
8 procurement, human resource services, and information services
9 including delivering information on labor markets, employment,
10 occupations, and performance, and shall implement and maintain
11 information systems that are required for the effective
12 operation of the one-stop delivery system and the school
13 readiness system, including, but not limited to, those systems
14 described in s. 445.009. The office shall be directed by the
15 Deputy Director for Agency Support Services, who shall be
16 appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the director. The
17 office is responsible for establishing:
18 1. Information systems and controls that report
19 reliable, timely and accurate fiscal and performance data for
20 assessing outcomes, service delivery, and financial
21 administration of workforce programs under s. 445.004(5) and
22 (9).
23 2. Information systems that support service
24 integration and case management by providing for case tracking
25 for participants in welfare transition programs.
26 3. Information systems that support school readiness
27 system.
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