48-3103. Subsidized Employment Pilot Program; created; Department of Health and Human Services; duties; Department of Labor; powers; nonprofit organization; duties; report; contents.

(1) The Subsidized Employment Pilot Program is created within the Department of Health and Human Services to provide opportunities for employers and participants in the aid to dependent children program to achieve subsidized employment.

(2) The department shall establish a partnership between an entity which contracts with the department pursuant to section 68-1722 to provide case management services in the aid to dependent children program and a nonprofit organization.

(3) The Department of Labor may establish a partnership with the nonprofit organization described in subsection (2) of this section to assist in the referral of participants and employers for the pilot program.

(4) The nonprofit organization described in subsection (2) of this section shall:

(a) Establish an application process for employers to participate in the pilot program. Such application process shall include, but not be limited to, a requirement that employer applicants submit a plan including, but not limited to, the following criteria:

(i) Initial client assessment, job development, job placement, and employment retention services;

(ii) A strategy to place participants in in-demand jobs; and

(iii) Other program guidelines or criteria for the pilot program as needed;

(b) Recruit participants for the pilot program, with assistance from the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and an entity which contracts with the department pursuant to section 68-1722 to provide case management services in the aid to dependent children program;

(c) Recruit employers for the pilot program, with assistance from the Department of Labor;

(d) Determine participant eligibility for the pilot program and assist with employer and employee matching;

(e) Ensure that the pilot program operates in both rural and urban areas. To ensure that the pilot program operates in both rural and urban areas, such nonprofit organization may enter into subcontracts with other nonprofit entities;

(f) Gather the data and performance measures as described in section 48-3105; and

(g) Submit an electronic report on or before September 15 of each year to the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature containing the data and performance measures described in section 48-3105.

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