The purpose of this Local Commissioners Memorandum (LCM) is to advise social services districts (districts) that the enacted State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2009-10 Budget contains funding for three new initiatives to support subsidized employment. This funding will be used to support services provided through the Green Jobs Corps, the Health Care Jobs program, and the Transitional Jobs program. The attached Subsidized Employment Programs Matrix provides a summary of each program model (see Attachment A). This LCM provides program instructions and funding award information for the Green Jobs Corps program. Separate LCMs are being released concurrently to provide program instructions and funding information for the Health Care Jobs program and the Transitional Jobs program.
A total of $7 million - $5 million in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds and $2 million in State funds - will be awarded to districts on a competitive basis to support comprehensive employment services to establish the Green Jobs Corps designed to provide education, training and subsidized employment placements of up to 35 hours a week in "green" jobs such as, but not necessarily limited to, those in the fields of weatherization, energy efficiency, environmental conservation, renewable energy and natural resource preservation and beautification. The Green Jobs Corps program will provide public assistance recipients and other low income individuals with employment opportunities in "green" jobs. Attachment B includes funding award guidelines, including the maximum value of the plan that each district may submit with additional funding guidance in section V.C below.
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