Chapter 445 — Chapter 445

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Fla. Stat. § 445.001 Short title
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This chapter may be cited as the “Workforce Innovation Act of 2000.”
Fla. Stat. § 445.002 Definitions
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As used in this chapter, the term:(1) “Department” means the Department of Commerce.(2) “For cause” includes, but is not limited to, engaging in fraud or other criminal acts, incapacity, unfitness, neglect of duty, official incompetence and irresponsibility, misfeasance, malfeasa…
Fla. Stat. § 445.003 Implementation of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
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(1) WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT PRINCIPLES.—The state’s approach to implementing the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Pub. L. No. 113-128, should have six elements:(a) Streamlining services.—Florida’s employment and training programs must be coordina…
Fla. Stat. § 445.004 CareerSource Florida, Inc., and the state board; creation; purpose; membership; duties and powers
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(1) CareerSource Florida, Inc., is created as a not-for-profit corporation, which shall be registered, incorporated, organized, and operated in compliance with chapter 617 and shall operate at the direction of the state board. CareerSource Florida, Inc., is not a unit or entity o…
Fla. Stat. § 445.006 State plan for workforce development
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(1) STATE PLAN.—The state board, in conjunction with state and local partners in the workforce system, shall develop a state plan that produces an educated and skilled workforce. The state plan must consist of strategic and operational planning elements. The state plan shall be s…
Fla. Stat. § 445.007 Local workforce development boards
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(1) One local workforce development board shall be appointed in each designated service delivery area and shall serve as the local workforce development board pursuant to Pub. L. No. 113-128. The membership of the local board must be consistent with Pub. L. No. 113-128, Title I, …
Fla. Stat. § 445.0071 Florida Youth Summer Jobs Pilot Program
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(1) CREATION.—Contingent upon appropriations, there is created the Florida Youth Summer Jobs Pilot Program within workforce development district 22 served by the Broward Workforce Development Board. The board shall, in consultation with the state board, provide a program offering…
Fla. Stat. § 445.008 Workforce Training Institute
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(1) The state board, through CareerSource Florida, Inc., may create the Workforce Training Institute, which shall be a comprehensive program of workforce training courses designed to meet the unique needs of, and shall include Internet-based training modules suitable for and made…
Fla. Stat. § 445.009 One-stop delivery system
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(1) The one-stop delivery system is the state’s primary customer-service strategy for offering every Floridian access, through service sites or telephone or computer networks, to the following services:(a) Job search, referral, and placement assistance.(b) Career counseling and e…
Fla. Stat. § 445.010 Consumer-first workforce system technology; principles and information sharing
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(1) The following principles shall guide the development and management of workforce system resources:(a) Workforce system entities should be committed to information sharing.(b) Cooperative planning by workforce system entities is a prerequisite for the effective development of …
Fla. Stat. § 445.011 Consumer-first workforce system
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(1) The department, in consultation with the state board, the Department of Education, and the Department of Children and Families, shall implement, subject to legislative appropriation, an automated consumer-first workforce system that improves coordination among required one-st…
Fla. Stat. § 445.014 Small business workforce service initiative
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(1) Subject to legislative appropriation, the state board shall establish a program to encourage local workforce development boards to establish one-stop delivery systems that maximize the provision of workforce and human-resource support services to small businesses. Under the p…
Fla. Stat. § 445.016 Untried Worker Placement and Employment Incentive Act
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(1) This section may be cited as the “Untried Worker Placement and Employment Incentive Act.”(2) For purposes of this section, the term “untried worker” means a person who is a hard-to-place participant in the welfare transition program because he or she has limitations associate…
Fla. Stat. § 445.017 Diversion
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(1) Many customers of the one-stop delivery system do not need ongoing temporary cash assistance, but, due to an unexpected circumstance or emergency situation, require some immediate assistance to secure or retain employment or child support. These immediate obligations may incl…
Fla. Stat. § 445.018 Diversion program to strengthen Florida’s families
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(1) The diversion program to strengthen families in this state is intended to provide services that assist families in avoiding welfare dependency by gaining and retaining employment.(2) Before finding a family eligible for the diversion program created under this section, a dete…
Fla. Stat. § 445.019 Teen parent and pregnancy prevention diversion program; eligibility for services
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The Legislature recognizes that teen pregnancy is a major cause of dependency on government assistance that often extends through more than one generation. The purpose of the teen parent and pregnancy prevention diversion program is to provide services to reduce and avoid welfare…
Fla. Stat. § 445.020 Diversion programs; determination of need
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If federal regulations require a determination of needy families or needy parents to be based on financial criteria, such as income or resources, for individuals or families who are receiving services, one-time payments, or nonrecurring short-term benefits, the TANF state plan sh…
Fla. Stat. § 445.021 Relocation assistance program
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(1) The Legislature recognizes that the need for public assistance may arise because a family is located in an area with limited employment opportunities, because of geographic isolation, because of formidable transportation barriers, because of isolation from their extended fami…
Fla. Stat. § 445.022 Retention Incentive Training Accounts
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To promote job retention and to enable upward job advancement into higher skilled, higher paying employment, the state board and the local workforce development boards may assemble a list of programs and courses offered by postsecondary educational institutions which may be avail…
Fla. Stat. § 445.023 Program for dependent care for families with children with special needs
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(1) There is created the program for dependent care for families with children with special needs. This program is intended to provide assistance to families with children who meet the following requirements:(a) The child or children are between the ages of 13 and 17 years, inclu…
Fla. Stat. § 445.024 Work requirements
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(1) WORK ACTIVITIES.—The Department of Commerce may develop activities under each of the following categories of work activities. The following categories of work activities, based on federal law and regulations, may be used individually or in combination to satisfy the work requ…
Fla. Stat. § 445.025 Other support services
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Support services shall be provided, if resources permit, to assist participants in complying with work activity requirements outlined in s. 445.024. If resources do not permit the provision of needed support services, the local workforce development board may prioritize or otherw…
Fla. Stat. § 445.026 Cash assistance severance benefit
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An individual who meets the criteria listed in this section may choose to receive a lump-sum payment in lieu of ongoing cash assistance payments, provided the individual:(1) Is employed and is receiving earnings.(2) Has received cash assistance for at least 6 consecutive months.(…
Fla. Stat. § 445.028 Transitional benefits and services
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In cooperation with the department, the Department of Children and Families shall develop procedures to ensure that families leaving the temporary cash assistance program receive transitional benefits and services that will assist the family in moving toward self-sufficiency. At …
Fla. Stat. § 445.0281 Transitional case management
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Each recipient of cash assistance who is determined ineligible for cash assistance for a reason other than noncompliance with work activity requirements is eligible for voluntary case management services administered by the local workforce development board. Case management servi…
Fla. Stat. § 445.029 Transitional medical benefits
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(1) A family that loses its temporary cash assistance due to earnings shall remain eligible for Medicaid without reapplication during the immediately succeeding 12-month period if private medical insurance is unavailable from the employer or is unaffordable.(a) The family shall b…
Fla. Stat. § 445.030 Transitional education and training
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In order to assist former recipients of temporary cash assistance who are working or actively seeking employment in continuing their training and upgrading their skills, education, or training, support services may be provided for up to 2 years after the family is no longer recei…
Fla. Stat. § 445.031 Transitional transportation
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In order to assist former recipients of temporary cash assistance in maintaining and sustaining employment or educational opportunities, transportation may be provided, if funds are available, for up to 2 years after the participant is no longer in the program. This does not cons…
Fla. Stat. § 445.032 Transitional child care
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In order to assist former welfare transition program participants and individuals who have been redirected through up-front diversion in obtaining employment, continuing to be employed, and improving their employment prospects, transitional child care is available for up to 2 yea…
Fla. Stat. § 445.0325 Welfare Transition Trust Fund
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(1) The Welfare Transition Trust Fund is created in the State Treasury, to be administered by the Department of Commerce. Funds shall be credited to the trust fund to be used for the purposes of the welfare transition program set forth in ss. 445.017-445.032.(2) The intent of the…
Fla. Stat. § 445.033 Evaluation
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The department and the Department of Children and Families shall measure the performance of workforce related programs and services for participants who receive benefits pursuant to family self-sufficiency programs under chapter 414, and participants in welfare transition program…
Fla. Stat. § 445.034 Authorized expenditures
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Any expenditures from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant shall be made in accordance with the requirements and limitations of part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act, as amended, or any other applicable federal requirement or limitation. Prior to any ex…
Fla. Stat. § 445.035 Data collection and reporting
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(1) The Department of Children and Families and the state board shall collect data necessary to administer this chapter and make the reports required under federal law to the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the United States Department of Agriculture.(2)…
Fla. Stat. § 445.038 Digital media; job training
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CareerSource Florida, Inc., through the Department of Commerce, may use funds dedicated for incumbent worker training for the digital media industry. Training may be provided by public or private training providers for broadband digital media jobs listed on the occupations list d…
Fla. Stat. § 445.045 Development of an Internet-based system for information technology industry promotion and workforce recruitment
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(1) CareerSource Florida, Inc., is responsible for directing the development and maintenance of a website that promotes and markets the information technology industry in this state. The website shall be designed to inform the public concerning the scope of the information techno…
Fla. Stat. § 445.046 Establishment of a network access point
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The state actively supports efforts that enhance the information technology industry in this state, particularly those efforts that increase broadband technology. A critical initiative to enhance this industry in this state is determined to be the development of a network access …
Fla. Stat. § 445.047 Passport to Economic Progress Act; legislative intent
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The purpose of the Passport to Economic Progress Act is to provide incentives and services designed to assist individuals who are recipients of temporary cash assistance or who are former recipients of temporary cash assistance generate family income levels that help foster the a…
Fla. Stat. § 445.048 Passport to Economic Progress program
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(1) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the state board, in conjunction with the department and the Department of Children and Families, shall implement a Passport to Economic Progress program consistent with this section. The state board may designate local w…
Fla. Stat. § 445.051 Individual development accounts
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(1) The purpose of this act is to provide for the establishment of individual development accounts that can provide families having limited means an opportunity to accumulate assets and to facilitate and mobilize savings; to promote education, homeownership, and microenterprise d…
Fla. Stat. § 445.055 Employment advocacy and assistance program targeting military spouses and dependents
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(1) The Legislature finds that military families are faced with a variety of challenges, including frequent relocations, recurring deployments, lengthy periods of separation, and heightened anxiety and uncertainty during periods of conflict. A military spouse’s ability to gain jo…
Fla. Stat. § 445.056 Citizen Soldier Matching Grant Program
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The Department of Commerce shall implement the matching grant program established by the former Agency for Workforce Innovation to award matching grants to private sector employers in this state which provide wages to employees serving in the United States Armed Forces Reserves o…
Fla. Stat. § 445.06 Florida Ready to Work Credential Program
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(1) There is created the Florida Ready to Work Credential Program to enhance the employability skills of Floridians and to better prepare them for successful employment.(2) Training required to be eligible for a credential under the program may be conducted in public middle and h…
Fla. Stat. § 445.07 Economic security report of employment and earning outcomes
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(1) Beginning December 31, 2013, and annually thereafter, the Department of Commerce, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall prepare, or contract with an entity to prepare, an economic security report of employment and earning outcomes for degrees or certificates…
Fla. Stat. § 445.08 Florida Law Enforcement Recruitment Bonus Payment Program
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(1) For the purposes of this section, the term:(a) “Commission” means the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission within the Department of Law Enforcement.(b) “Employing agency” has the same meaning as provided in s. 943.10(4).(c) “Law enforcement officer” has the same…
Fla. Stat. § 445.09 Bonuses for employees of tax collectors
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Notwithstanding any other law, a county tax collector may budget for and pay a hiring or retention bonus to an employee if such expenditure is approved by the Department of Revenue in the respective budget of the tax collector.