2798-S2.E AMS QUIG S5812.2

2798-S2.E AMS QUIG S5812.2

E2SHB 2798 - S AMD TO WM COMM AMD (S-5775.1/94)

By Senator Quigley

On page 16, after line 21 of the amendment, insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 30. The department of social and health services shall implement a plan for a pilot program to be known as the focused intensive services for kids (FISK) program applicable to children and parents that are long-term recipients of the aid to families with dependent children-regular (AFDC-R) program. The goal of the program is to provide intensive services to children in long-term AFDC-R assistance units by utilizing and providing such children a safe, secure environment and on-site management to maximize services for the affected children and by providing employment training and incentives for self-sufficiency for their parents.

(1) After thirty-six months of benefit payments, an AFDC-R recipient household, including all minor children, shall reside in a state or privately administered group home, or supported living situation to be known as FISK homes, under supervision, with food, shelter, and child care provided in lieu of grant assistance, food stamps, and any rent subsidies or housing allowances.

(2) Each adult in the FISK home shall provide at least forty hours per week of paid or unpaid employment.

(3) The provision of day care within the FISK home, for purposes of caring for children of recipients, shall be countable as hours of employment under subsection (2) of this section.

(4) Disabled adults are not subject to the provisions of this section.

(5) Children in a FISK home shall receive priority in receiving early childhood education assistance program, head start, readiness to learn, mental health, and sexual assault victim funds and services, as well as funds and services from other related programs.

(6) The administrator of the FISK home shall work to see that adult residents of FISK homes shall receive services from the job opportunities and basic skills (JOBS) program, alcohol and drug treatment programs, mental health programs, women, infants, and children (WIC) program and receive access to domestic violence and subsidized day care funds and services, as well as funds and services from other related programs.

(7) The department shall work with local communities to assure that FISK homes are not sited in clusters and are widely distributed in multiple neighborhoods.

(8) The department shall accept bids from local organizations to build and or administer FISK homes.

(9) The department shall submit a capital plan for at least one hundred FISK homes.

(10) The department shall submit grants to the United States department of housing and urban development to attract federal housing dollars for purposes of building FISK homes.

(11) The department shall establish measurable outcomes to determine the success of FISK homes including (a) percentage of school-age FISK home residents (i) absent from school at least once per week (ii) who have repeated a grade (iii) who have been expelled or suspended from school (iv) who have a chronic illness and (v) who become welfare recipients, and (b) length of stay of AFDC-R recipients on assistance."

Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct internal references accordingly.

On page 17, line 2 of the amendment, after "waiver" insert ", including waivers allowing for the use of grants, food stamps, job opportunities and basic skills funds, rent subsidies, housing allowances, and any other available federal funds or services to offset the costs of food, shelter, supervision, and work experience as necessary to implement section 30 of this act"

EFFECT: Requires long-term AFDC recipients to live in supervised group homes, with food, shelter, and day-care provided in lieu of grants, food stamps, and rental assistance. Requires nondisabled adult recipients to be employed in paid or unpaid work for 40 hours per week.