Adoption of standards for participation in work activities and assistance programs--Training and education

The department may adopt by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26 reasonable standards for the participation of eligible recipients in work activities and programs of assistance calculated to foster parental responsibility, employment, or family independence. To the extent possible in a work oriented program, training, and education, although not an alternative for working, may be utilized to prepare people for work. Source: SL 1997, ch 166 , § 11.