Service programs

N.D.C.C. § 14-06.1-09 — under Displaced Homemaker Program.

N.D.C.C. § 14-06.1-09

The service centers shall, in cooperation with other existing service programs, ensure that displaced homemakers receive information and referral services which include: 1. A health counseling and referral clinic based on principles of preventive health care and consumer health education. 2. Money management courses, including information and assistance in dealing with insurance programs (life, health, home, and automobile), taxes, mortgages, loans, and probate problems. 3. Information about other assistance programs, including concrete information and assistance with supplemental security income, social security, veterans administration benefits, welfare, the supplemental nutrition assistance program, housing, unemployment insurance, medical assistance, and educational financial assistance. 4. Educational programs, including courses offered for credit through universities, colleges, or career and technical education training programs, or leading toward a high school equivalency degree. These courses must be designed to supplement the usual academic course offerings with classes geared toward older persons to improve their self-image and abilities.

14-06.1-10. Regulations - Eligibility for programs - Level of stipends - Sliding fee scale for service programs. The superintendent shall cooperatively establish eligibility requirements with appropriate agencies in accordance with local, state, and federal program regulations to interpret the eligibility of persons for the job readiness training and other programs of the service centers, to establish the level of stipends for the job training programs described in section 14-06.1-06, to establish a sliding fee scale for the service programs described in sections 14-06.1-03 and 14-06.1-09, and to handle other matters as the superintendent deems necessary. Any

interpretation of eligibility for services should have as first priority the service of displaced homemakers, as identified in section 14-06.1-02.