Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title IV - Family Investment Program › Chapter 47 - Diversion Initiatives › Rule 441-47.21 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"Appropriate responsible administrator"
means:
1. For the bureau of refugee services (BRS), the
				  administrator of the department service area with the oversight for the bureau
				  of refugee services, or the administrator's designee.
2. For Iowa workforce development (IWD), the administrator of
				  the department of workforce development's division of workforce development
				  center administration, or the administrator's designee.
"Bureau of refugee services"
or
"BRS"
means a unit of the department of human services that
				  provides PROMISE JOBS services to refugees who have not obtained United States
				  citizenship.
"Candidate"
means anyone expressing an
				  interest in the family self-sufficiency grants program.
"Department"
means the Iowa department of
				  human services.
"Department division administrator"
means
				  the administrator of the department of human services division of adult,
				  children and family services, or the administrator's designee.
"Family"
means "assistance unit" as defined
				  at rule 441-40.21 (239B).
"Family investment program"
or
"FIP"
means the cash grant program provided by 441-Chapters 40
				  and 41, designed to sustain Iowa families.
"Family self-sufficiency grants"
means the
				  payments made to specific PROMISE JOBS participants, to vendors on behalf of
				  specific PROMISE JOBS participants, or for services to specific PROMISE JOBS
				  participants.
"Immediate, short-term assistance"
means
				  that assistance provided under this division shall be authorized upon
				  determination of need and that it shall not occur on a regular basis.
"Iowa workforce development (IWD)"
means the
				  agency that develops and administers employment, placement and training
				  services in Iowa and is contracted by the department to administer PROMISE JOBS
				  services statewide.
"IWD service delivery area"
means the Iowa
				  workforce development service delivery areas designated to provide PROMISE JOBS
				  services.
"Local plan for family self-sufficiency
				  grants"
means the written policies and procedures for administering
				  the grants for families as set forth in the plan developed by the PROMISE JOBS
				  IWD service delivery area or BRS as described in rule
				  441-47.26 (239B).
"Participant"
means anyone receiving
				  assistance under this division.
"PROMISE JOBS agreement"
means the agreement
				  between the division of adult, children and family services and the division of
				  field support regarding delivery of PROMISE JOBS services to refugees.
"PROMISE JOBS contract"
means the agreement
				  between the department and Iowa workforce development regarding delivery of
				  PROMISE JOBS services.
"PROMISE JOBS participant"
means any person
				  receiving services through PROMISE JOBS. A PROMISE JOBS participant must be a
				  member of an eligible FIP household.
"Promoting independence and self-sufficiency through
				  employment, job opportunities, and basic skills (PROMISE JOBS)
				  program"
means the department's work and training program as described
				  in 441-Chapter 93.