Sec. 31-3ee. Pilot program for TFA recipients. Report on pilot program for TFA recipients.

      Sec. 31-3ee. Pilot program for TFA recipients. Report on pilot program for TFA recipients. (a) Within available appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, and the next two successive fiscal years, the Labor Department, in cooperation with the regional workforce development boards, shall establish a two-year pilot program for recipients of temporary family assistance to: (1) Expand work-study opportunities for such recipients; (2) expand child care programs for such recipients; and (3) establish a competitive grant program that awards grants to providers of innovative short courses, flexible class schedules, "contextual learning" curricula related to job skills, innovative distance learning or on-site learning initiatives, including, but not limited to, employers, community-technical colleges, vocational-technical schools, local or regional boards of education or regional educational service centers that offer adult education programs and community-based education and training providers.

      (b) Not later than July 1, 1999, the Labor Commissioner shall submit a status report on the establishment and on any operation of the pilot program authorized under this section to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations, human services and labor and public employees.

      (P.A. 98-169, S. 4, 8.)

      History: P.A. 98-169 effective July 1, 1998.