Title 35A, Utah Workforce Services Code

35A-3-302. Eligibility requirements. (1) There is created the "Family Employment Program" to provide cash assistance under this part. (2)(a) The department shall submit a state plan to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services to obtain funding un…

35A-3-303. Diversion. (1)(a) When an applicant applies for cash assistance under this part, the department shall assess whether the applicant should be helped by: (i) diversion to avoid extended cash assistance; or (ii) normal cash assistance under this part. (b) In completing th…

35A-3-304. Assessment -- Participation requirements and limitations -- Employment plan -- Mentors. (1)(a) Within 30 business days of the date of enrollment, the department shall provide that a parent recipient: (i) is assigned an employment counselor; and (ii) completes an assess…

35A-3-304.5. Drug testing requirements. (1)(a) If the results of the written questionnaire described in Subsection 35A-3-304(2) indicate a reasonable likelihood that a parent recipient may have a substance use disorder involving the misuse of a controlled substance, the departmen…

35A-3-306. Limits on eligibility -- Transitional cash assistance. (1) As used in this section, "battered or subjected to extreme cruelty" has the same meaning as defined in The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 608(a)(7)(C)(ii…

35A-3-307. Cash assistance to a single minor parent. (1) The department may provide cash assistance to a single minor parent in accordance with this section. (2) A single minor parent who receives cash assistance under this part shall: (a) except as provided under Subsection (3),…

35A-3-308. Adoption services -- Printed information -- Supports provided. (1) The department may provide assistance under this section to an applicant who is pregnant and is not receiving cash assistance at the beginning of the third trimester of pregnancy. (2) For a pregnant app…

35A-3-309. Information regarding home ownership. (1) The department shall provide information and service coordination to assist an applicant in obtaining affordable housing. (2) The information and services may include: (a) information from the Utah Housing Corporation, the Divi…

35A-3-310. Child care services -- Rules. (1) An applicant may receive assistance for child care under this part for a minor child in the care and custody of the parent recipient, unless the other parent in a two-parent family: (a) is capable of caring for the family's child; (b) …

35A-3-310.5. Child care providers -- Criminal background checks -- Payment of costs -- Prohibitions -- Department rules. (1) This section applies to a child care provider who: (a)(i) is selected by a recipient of a child care assistance payment; or (ii) is a recipient of a child …

35A-3-311. Cash assistance to noncitizen legal residents and drug dependent persons. (1) If barred from using federal funds under federal law, the department may provide cash assistance to a legal resident who is not a citizen of the United States using funds appropriated from th…

35A-3-312. Individual development accounts. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Individual development account" means a trust account funded through periodic contributions by a recipient and matched by or through a not-for-profit organization organized under Section 501(c)(3) or (1…

35A-3-313. Performance goals. (1) The department shall establish a performance monitoring system for cash assistance provided under this part. (2) The department shall establish the performance indicators and performance goals that will be used in the performance monitoring syste…

35A-3-401. General Assistance. (1)(a) The department may provide General Assistance to individuals who are: (i) not receiving cash assistance under Part 3, Family Employment Program, or Supplemental Security Income; and (ii) unemployable according to standards established by the …

35A-3-402. Calculation of General Assistance grants. The department shall provide grants for General Assistance under Section 35A-3-401 on an ongoing basis for individuals who are unemployable: (1) within amounts appropriated by the Legislature; and (2) calculated in a manner sub…

35A-3-501. Title. This part is known as the "Social Capital Formation Act."

35A-3-502. Definitions of social capital. (1) As used in this part, "social capital" means the value provided to the state by a civic organization, including values, cooperation, strength to families and neighborhoods, and ensuring livable communities and nurturing environments. …

35A-3-503. Purpose -- Limitations. (1) Using social capital, an applicant for services under this chapter may receive a wide array of services that cannot be provided by state government alone. (2) The Legislature recognizes: (a) the constitutional limits of state government to s…

35A-3-504. Relationship of civic and state services. (1)(a) Services and supports provided by a civic organization under this part are in addition to, and not in lieu of, any service provided by the department to a recipient. (b) Receipt of services from a civic organization may …

35A-3-505. Application -- Referral to civic organizations. (1) The department: (a) shall assess whether an applicant is receptive to and would benefit from a service provided by a civic organization; and (b) may inform the applicant of the availability of services provided by civ…

35A-3-506. Diversion payment -- Referral to civic organizations. If a recipient receives a diversion payment under Section 35A-3-303, the department: (1) shall assess whether the recipient is receptive to and would benefit from services from a civic organization; and (2) may info…

35A-3-507. Request for proposals from civic organizations -- Contract requirements. (1)(a) The director or the director's designee may issue a request for proposals to civic organizations for the purpose of contracting with the department for the provision of social capital. (b) …

35A-3-508. Inventory of civic organizations. (1) The department, in cooperation with the coalition described in Section 35A-3-510, shall complete a statewide inventory of interested civic organizations, which inventory shall include for each participating civic organization: (a) …

35A-3-510. Coalition of civic and other organizations. (1) The director shall convene a coalition of civic organizations, representatives of the department, representatives of state and local agencies, advocacy organizations, public officials, community leaders, members of the Le…

35A-3-601. Title. This part is known as the "Administrative Determination of Overpayments Act."

35A-3-603. Civil liability for overpayment. (1) A provider, recipient, or other person who receives an overpayment shall, regardless of fault, return the overpayment or repay its value to the department immediately: (a) upon receiving written notice of the overpayment from the de…

35A-3-604. Obligor presumed to have notice of department's rights -- Authority to administer oaths, issue subpoenas, and compel witnesses and production of documents -- Recovery of attorney fees, costs, and interest -- Rulemaking authority -- Administrative procedures. (1) An obl…

35A-3-605. Issuance or modification of administrative order -- Voluntary acknowledgment of overpayment -- Court orders supersede administrative orders -- Notification requirement. (1)(a) Through an adjudicative proceeding, the department may issue or modify an administrative orde…

35A-3-606. Docketing abstract of final administrative order -- Real property and personal property liens -- Effect of order -- Execution. (1)(a) An abstract of a final administrative order may be docketed in the district court of any county in the state. (b) The time of receipt o…

35A-3-607. Property subject to execution or lien -- Restriction on transfer or conveyance -- Release of excess amount above liability to obligor. (1)(a) Unless released under Subsection (1)(b), after receiving notice that an abstract has been docketed and a lien established under…

35A-3-608. Schedule of payments to be paid upon liability -- Establishment -- Cancellation. (1) The department may at any time: (a) consistent with the income, earning capacity, and resources of the obligor, set or reset the level and schedule of payments to be paid upon the liab…

35A-3-609. Statute of limitation -- Enforcement of lien or order. The department may not take action for the enforcement of an order or lien issued under this part unless the action is commenced within eight years of the date of the order.

35A-3-610. Legal representation at hearings. (1) A party may be represented by legal counsel at a hearing held under this part. (2) At the request of the department, the attorney general or the county attorney shall represent the department in a proceeding commenced under this pa…

35A-3-801. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Director" means the director of the Refugee Services Office. (2) "Office" means the Refugee Services Office created in Section 35A-3-802. (3) "Refugee" means a person who is lawfully present in the United States and who meets the…

35A-3-802. Refugee Services Office - Creation. (1) There is created within the department a Refugee Services Office. (2) The office shall be administered by a director who shall be appointed by the executive director and who may be removed from that position at the will of the ex…

35A-3-803. Functions and duties of office -- Annual report. (1) The office shall: (a) provide refugee resettlement services to eligible refugees pursuant to federal regulations; (b) operate a refugee cash assistance program; (c) provide administrative support services to any refu…

35A-3-804. Duties of director. (1) The director shall: (a) enforce rules made by the department regulating the use of services provided by the office; and (b) supervise office staff and prepare an annual work plan. (2) The director may apply for, accept, and expend donations from…

35A-3-805. Refugee services fund -- Use of money -- Committee and director duties -- Restrictions. (1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund, known as the "Refugee Services Fund." (2) The director shall administer the fund with input from the department and any advi…

35A-3-806. Continuation of refugee services. (1) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the department may make rules to provide for the administration and coordination of services to refugees beyond the time period refugee assistance is prov…

35A-4-101. Title. This chapter is known as the "Employment Security Act."

35A-4-102. Public policy -- General welfare requires creation of unemployment reserves -- Employment offices. As a guide to the interpretation and application of this chapter, the public policy of this state is declared to be as follows: Economic insecurity due to unemployment is…

35A-4-103. Void agreements -- Child support obligations -- Penalties. (1)(a) Any agreement by an individual to waive, release, or commute his rights to benefits or any other rights under this chapter is void. (b) Any agreement by any individual in the employ of any person or conc…

35A-4-105. Department may be represented by attorneys in actions. (1) In any civil action to enforce the provisions of this chapter the department may be represented by any qualified attorney who is employed by the department and is designated by it for this purpose, or at the de…

35A-4-106. Reciprocal arrangements with other jurisdictions. (1) The division is authorized to enter into reciprocal arrangements with appropriate and authorized agencies of other states or of the federal government, or both, in accordance with Subsections (1)(a) through (d): (a)…

35A-4-107. Limit of liability -- State -- Department. (1) Benefits shall be considered to be due and payable under this chapter only to the extent provided in this chapter and to the extent that money is available to the credit of the Unemployment Compensation Fund. (2) The state…

35A-4-108. Legislature may amend or repeal -- No vested private right. (1) The Legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal all or any part of this chapter at any time. (2) There shall be no vested private right of any kind against such amendment or repeal. All the rights, p…