Title 74 — Title 74 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
41 chapters · 927 sections in this title.
RCW 74.25A.005 Legislative findings.
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The legislature finds that the restructuring in the Washington economy has created rising public assistance caseloads and declining real wages for Washington workers. There is a profound need to develop partnership programs between the private and public sectors to create new job…
RCW 74.25A.010 Employment partnership program—Created—Goals.
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The employment partnership program is created to develop a series of geographically distributed model projects to provide permanent full-time employment for low-income and unemployed persons. The program shall be administered by the department of social and health services. The d…
RCW 74.25A.020 Pilot projects—Grants to be used as wage subsidies—Criteria.
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The secretary of the department of social and health services shall establish pilot projects that enable grants to be used as a wage subsidy. The department of social and health services shall comply with applicable federal statutes and regulations, and shall seek any waivers fro…
RCW 74.25A.030 Employer eligibility—Conditions.
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An employer, before becoming eligible to fill a position under the employment partnership program, shall certify to the local employment partnership council that the employment, offer of employment, or work activity complies with the following conditions:(1) The conditions of wor…
RCW 74.25A.040 Diversion of grants to worker-owned businesses.
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Grants may be diverted for the start-up or retention of worker-owned businesses if:(1) A feasibility study or business plan is completed on the proposed business; and(2) The project is approved by the loan committee of the *Washington state development loan fund as created by RCW…
RCW 74.25A.045 Local employment partnership council.
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A local employment partnership council shall be established in each pilot project area to assist the department of social and health services in the administration of this chapter and to allow local flexibility in dealing with the particular needs of each pilot project area. Each…
RCW 74.25A.050 Program participants—Eligibility for assistance programs.
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Participants shall be considered recipients of temporary assistance for needy families and remain eligible for medicaid benefits even if the participant does not receive a residual grant. Work supplementation participants shall be eligible for (1) the thirty-dollar plus one-third…
RCW 74.25A.060 Program participants—Benefits and salary not to be diminished.
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An applicant or recipient of aid under this chapter who participates in the employment partnership program shall be guaranteed that the value of the benefits available to him or her before entry into the program shall not be diminished. In addition, a participant employed under t…
RCW 74.25A.070 Program participants—Classification under federal job training law.
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Applicants for and recipients of aid under this chapter are "individuals in special need" of training as described in section 2 of the federal job training partnership act, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1501 et seq., "individuals who require special assistance" as provided in section 123 of tha…
RCW 74.25A.080 Department of social and health services to seek federal funds.
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The department of social and health services shall seek any federal funds available for implementation of this chapter, including, but not limited to, funds available under Title IV of the federal social security act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 601 et seq.) for the job opportunities and basi…
RCW 74.25A.900 Intent—Finding—Severability—Conflict with federal requirements—1994 c 299.
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See notes following RCW 74.12.400.