Child support collections are expedited for diversion cases and cases with earnings. Participation is supported. An improved conciliation process has been implemented. After a formal conciliation process, continual non-participation results in complete case closure. When the parent resumes participation, the full grant is restored.
Employment is supported rather than penalized.
This incentive is not time limited. Transitional Medicaid is available for 12 months and Transitional Child Care is available indefinitely based on a sliding fee schedule. Cash assistance, Food Stamp, Medicaid and Child Care rules are simplified so that staff and participants can focus on self-sufficiency rather then eligibility requirements. The state plan submitted continues the Family Employment Program under the new welfare reform TANF block grant. The United States Department of Health and Human Services has announced that Utah's state plan is complete.