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activity for purposes of meeting the participation
requirements of this chapter using the same criteria as is
used for any individual in the ASPIRE-TANF program.

 
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §3788, sub-§12, as amended by PL 1997, c. 530, Pt. A,
§26, is further amended to read:

 
12. Developing resources. To assist the department in its
efforts to encourage job placement opportunities and provide the
services necessary to ensure self-support to recipients of TANF
assistance, the department may contract with public and private
agencies to establish job placement opportunities.

 
In order to assist in the development of job placement
opportunities, the department in cooperation with the Department
of Labor and other state agencies shall explore the feasibility
of developing a shared approach to technology to support access
to information talent banks, national job banks, Maine's job
listings and any other job opportunity listings, to facilitate
linking program resources listings and to coordinate case service
providers.

 
In addition, all public and private agencies are subject to the
following requirements.

 
A. All agencies that receive funds from any state
department or division must provide at least one workforce-
MaineServe opportunity for an ASPIRE-TANF participant.

 
B. All state agencies that provide funding for child care
or transportation services must require that recipients of
TANF be given priority for those services.

 
C. All agencies that receive funds from any state agency
for the treatment of drug or alcohol abuse must require that
recipients of TANF be given priority for those services.

 
The department shall work with and shall contract with agencies
to work with families in which there are multiple barriers to
achieving employment and shall provide those agencies incentives
for working with the families to achieve employment. For each
family placed with an agency, the department shall pay a fee.
For each family member placed in full-time employment, the
department shall pay a premium. For each family member placed in
full-time employment in a job that provides health care benefits,
the department shall pay an additional bonus payment. The
commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this
subsection.


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