Illinois Administrative Code
Title 56 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Part 2665 - WELFARE-TO-WORK BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
Section 2665.40 - Allowable Programs and Activities
Universal Citation: 56 IL Admin Code ยง 2665.40
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) The following are the authorized programs and associated activities for the Illinois Welfare-to-Work Block Grant Program.
1) Job Search/Job Readiness Program includes:
A) job search, which means a structured
search for a job, including counseling, job seeking skills training, and
information obtained individually or in a group setting; and
B) job readiness assistance, which consists
of classroom or group activities designed to help an individual obtain and
maintain employment. Under TANF, job readiness services and job search
activities contain a combined service limit of four consecutive weeks, or six
weeks total in a 12 month period.
2) Job Placement Services Program involves
the direct placement of the participant in an unsubsidized position. Allowable
Activities include:
A) unsubsidized private
sector employment, which means employment in the private sector not financed
from federal or State funds; and
B)
unsubsidized public sector employment, which means employment in the public
sector not financed from federal or State funds for Welfare-to-Work
purposes.
3) Work
Testing Program, which is no more than a 30-day fully subsidized trial period
during which the employer can observe the WtW participant in a work setting,
and the participant can test his/her job readiness skills while receiving
support services and counseling. The employer is expected to hire the client
upon completion. Work Testing may be repeated if necessary but participants are
limited to a total of six months subsidized employment during participation in
this program. Allowable Activities include:
A)
subsidized private sector employment, which means employment in the private
sector partially or fully supported by federal or State funds, limited to six
months in length; and
B) subsidized
public sector employment, which means employment in the public sector partially
or fully supported by federal or State funds, limited to six months in
length.
4) Community
Service Program involves unpaid service at a public or private, not-for-profit
work site. Allowable Activities include:
A)
community service programs, which are unpaid work assignments with public or
private, not-for-profit employers, organizations and governmental agencies;
and
B) providing child care
services, which means provision of child care services for an individual
participating in a community service program.
5) Paid Work Experience Program involves
paid, subsidized service at a public or private, not-for-profit worksite,
limited to six months in length.
6)
On-The-Job Training Program (OJT), which is training at a private or public
sector worksite provided to a participant who has been referred to and hired by
the employer. OJT occurs while the participant is engaged in productive work
that provides knowledge and skills essential to the full and adequate
performance of the job. OJT may be sequenced with, or accompanied by, other
types of training such as classroom training or literacy training. OJT
placements are limited to six months in length, unless participation is less
than 500 hours in duration.
7) Post
Employment Educational Program includes, but is not limited to, basic
educational skills training, occupational skills training, or English as a
second language training. Allowable activities include:
A) vocational education training, which means
classroom or other group training activities whose purpose is to increase or
develop the vocational skills of a participant;
B) job skills training directly related to
employment, which means individual, classroom, or other group training
activities developed to help employed participants remain on the job or enable
them to upgrade existing skills;
C)
education directly related to employment for individuals with no high school
diploma or GED, which means educational activities developed to help employed
participants, who lack a high school diploma or GED, retain a job;
and
D) satisfactory school
attendance for individuals with no high school diploma or GED, which means
satisfactory school attendance, as determined by the SDA in cooperation with
the local school system.
8) Post Employment Job Retention Services
Program, which means any post-employment services that are not educational in
nature, including:
A) work regimen
acclamation, which means the process of getting a participant to understand
what work he/she is to perform; who will provide instructions and work orders;
the starting, break, meal and stopping times; when his/her first and subsequent
paychecks will be received; procedures for leaving the work area for personal,
telephone or other purposes; and other work rules not provided by the
employer;
B) stress coping, which
means the application of remedies to remove or ease the personal stress
experienced by participants in their work environment. This stress may be
brought on by interactions with others while working, or by the participant's
changed role as a parent, partner, or friend, or by the humbling experience of
following orders of a boss or being hazed by other workers, or by a personal
attitude brought to the workplace by the participant or another
worker;
C) job loss intervention,
which means interceding actions of arbitration and remediation with either or
both the participant and employer at a time when the participant is at risk of
losing or leaving his/her job or when the process of employment departure is
occurring, or providing support and articulation of the learning embedded in
the experience at a time immediately following a job loss occurrence;
D) personal support, which means the delivery
of supportive services needed to remove or ameliorate barriers to continued
employment of the participants. This group of actions ensures that there is no
gap in service delivery to overcome personal barriers; that is, participant
access to the service is not restricted, the service is the most appropriate
resolution and service delivery is timely, as needed; and
E) job enhancement, which means activating
the delivery of services, both supportive and educational, needed to solidify
continued employment of the participant in his/her job and start the building
of a foundation of advancement. This activity includes the acquisition of tools
for the participant to become more proficient in his/her work or gain
acceptance by his/her peers; the acquisition of skills needed to enhance work
performance; and the acquisition of additional skills, knowledge and abilities
for promotional opportunities.
9) Support Services Program, which means any
support activities necessary to allow the participant to obtain or retain
employment that are not provided for through the Illinois Department of Human
Services, including:
A) child care, which
means client services to ensure that dependent children are properly cared for
during the period of time client is in training or at work;
B) transportation, which means services
provided to a client to permit his/her participation in training or work by
ensuring he/she has the ability to make the trip from his/her residence to the
training/employment site and child care site if necessary, and back. Assistance
may include the cost of public transportation or mileage
reimbursement;
C) other supportive
services, which means services that are necessary and made available to
participants eligible for training under this Act, but who cannot afford to pay
for such services, to enable them to participate in a program under this Act
and to aid in their retention in a job gained through participation;
D) financial counseling, which means
financial counseling services provided to clients to enable them to participate
in a training program under this Act or to retain employment gained through
such participation;
E) personal
counseling, which means personal counseling services provided to clients to
enable them to participate in a training program under this Act or to retain
employment gained through such participation;
F) rent assistance, which means assistance
provided to participants to maintain or obtain adequate shelter for themselves
and their families while they are receiving employment, training or other
supportive service; and
G)
substance abuse treatment, which means treatment for drug and alcohol abuse to
the extent that such services are not medical and not otherwise available to
the participant, such as, services performed by those not in the medical
profession, including counselors, technicians, social workers, and
psychologists, and services not provided in a hospital or clinic, including 24
hour care programs. Substance abuse treatment may be considered
non-medical.
b) No Welfare-to-Work Administrative Agency or sub-contractor may itself operate a program serving WtW clients solely to provide job readiness, placement or post-employment services.
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