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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03241992 - H.2 ; y 2 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra }.. FROM: James A. Rydingsword, Director Costa oirs Social Service Department "' �= County orr�T,� K,•.•�t DATE: March 18, 19 9 2 SUBJECT: Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) Plan Update for Fiscal Year 92/93 SPECIFIC REOUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION Background: GAIN, an education, training, and employment program, has -been operating in Contra Costa County since May, 1988. In 1989 the federal JOBS program was incorporated into the California GAIN program. Due to budget constraints, Contra Costa County's GAIN program is now serving 1400 participants. In FY 92/93 the State GAIN allocation is expected to be the same as the 91/92 allocation. The State law and regulations governing the GAIN program are very prescriptive regarding who to serve in GAIN if a county is not able to serve everyone who is eligible for GAIN. The priority groups that are set forth in the 92/93 Plan Update take these regulations into account. Currently, GAIN is taking in the following groups who volunteer to participate: 1. Teen parents. ' 2 . Parents between 20 and 24 who do not have a high school diploma. 3 . Individuals who have been on AFDC 36 out of the last 60 months and whose youngest child is age 6 or over. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: a RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY'ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOARD ON Mgrrb 94, 19A? APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS(ABSENT _ AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. March. 24, 1992 CC: via Social Services ATTESTED PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR DEPUTY UTY M382 (10/88) Recommendation: Contra Costa County GAIN Plan changes recommended are: 1. To add a component to GAIN called One Week Advanced Job Club. This activity will be conducted by the Social Service Department GAIN staff and held during the GAIN participant's 90 Day Job Search component activity. 90 Day Job Search is an activity for job ready individuals that usually follows a GAIN participant's vocational training or education activity. 2. To continue to target teen parents who do not have a high school education. 3. In addition to the teen parents, as funding permits, GAIN proposes to take into the GAIN program individuals in the following groups who volunteer to participate in the GAIN program: a. Custodial parents between the ages of 20 through 23 who are not exempt from GAIN registration, who have had little or no work experience in the preceding year, or who have not completed high school, and are not enrolled in a high school program, and who volunteer to participate in GAIN. b. Recipients of AFDC who are not exempt from GAIN who have received AFDC for at least 36 out of the last 60 months whose youngest child is age 6 or over. C. Recipients of AFDC who are not exempt from GAIN who are members of a family in which the youngest child is within two years of becoming eligible for aid due to age. d. Recipients of AFDC who are not exempt from GAIN who have received AFDC for 36 out of the last 60 months whose youngest child is age 3 or over. e. Custodial parents under age 24 who are exempt from GAIN who have had little or no work experience in the preceding year or who have not completed high school or its equivalent. f. Recipients of AFDC who are exempt from GAIN registration who have received AFDC for at least 36 out of 60 months whose youngest child is age 6 or over. g. Recipients of AFDC who are members of a family in which the youngest child is within two years of becoming ineligible for aid due to age. FINANCIAL IMP CT: The GAIN allocation for FY 92/93 has been set by the State at $4,298,023 . The county share of this allocation is expected to be $553,897.