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The Department of
Health and Human Services will require Federal Expenditures Fund allocations
of $2,212,313 in fiscal year 2018-19 for a food supplement employment and
training program to provide education, training and support services to
eligible adults who are food supplement benefit recipients.
The bill allows for eligible individuals to receive assistance from a
Working Families Parents as Scholars Program up to the cap of 2,000 currently
allowed in the Parents as Scholars (PaS) program in the Temporary Assistance
for Needy Families (TANF) program. Currently, the TANF program has, on
average, 60 individuals in the program, so this bill could allow an
additional 1,940 individuals to receive assistance. The most recent available
data identifies just over 400,000 individuals at or below 199% of the FPL
compared to the TANF population of 10,500. Based on that information it is
not unreasonable to expect that this bill will increase overall PaS
membership to the 2,000 member cap, and that is the assumption used for this
analysis. Thus, the Department of Health and Human Services will require
Federal Block Grant Fund allocations of $13,656,016 in fiscal year 2018-19
for a Working Families PaS Program available to persons with minor children
who do not qualify for cash assistance under the TANF program, who have
incomes at or below 185% of the federal poverty level and who are pursuing a
postsecondary degree, industry-recognized certificate or similar credential. |