Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title IX - Work Incentive Demonstration › Chapter 93 - Promise Jobs Program › Rule 441-93.9 - Other Fia Activities

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Parenting skills training.
a. Parents aged 20 or older. For parents who
				are aged 20 or older when the FIA is signed, activities that strengthen the
				participant's ability to be a better parent can be considered approvable
				training under PROMISE JOBS and may be included in the FIA as long as the
				participant is active in at least one other PROMISE JOBS component. Parents
				aged 20 or older who do not carry out the parenting skills training described
				in the FIA shall be considered to have chosen the limited benefit plan, unless
				good cause exists or family circumstances warrant renegotiation and amendment
				of the FIA. Procedures at subrule 93.4(5) and rules
				441-93.13 (239B) and
				441-93.14 (239B) shall
				apply.
b. Parents aged 19 or
				younger. Parents aged 19 or younger when the FIA is signed are required to
				include parenting skills training in the FIA, but may be excused from the
				requirement when documentation of satisfactory completion of parenting skills
				training is provided before the FIA is signed.
(1) Priority for orientation or assessment.
				In any month, PROMISE JOBS shall give priority for orientation or assessment
				services to parents who are already aged 19 in order to establish their
				responsibility for parenting classes before they are aged 20. This applies to
				those who are scheduled for orientation, to those who are still in assessment,
				and to those who have an FIA that must be renegotiated and amended.
(2) FIA requirement. The FIA shall be written
				or renegotiated and amended to include specific plans for parenting skills
				training and shall identify the training provider's name and beginning and
				ending dates of the training. The scheduled training may be in the future to
				accommodate availability of provider resources. However, it shall occur as soon
				as is compatible with the circumstances of the family, the other activities in
				the FIA, and the availability of provider resources, except as specified at
				paragraph 93.4(4)
"d."
(3) Parents aged 19 or younger who are
				participating in a parenting skills training program at the time the FIA is
				signed shall be allowed to continue in that program, if they choose, as long as
				the provider is listed in paragraph 93.9(1)
"c"
or meets the
				requirements of paragraph 93.9(1)
"c"
and documentation of
				enrollment is provided. The time frames as described in paragraph
				93.9(1)
"d"
shall be used to determine the remaining training
				time to be included in the FIA.
(4)
				Participation in other activities. Parents aged 19 or younger are not required
				to be participating in another PROMISE JOBS component to be eligible for
				parenting skills training. Other PROMISE JOBS components are included in the
				FIA according to policies at subrule 93.4(4).
c. Approved providers. The sources listed in
				this paragraph are approvable providers for parenting skills training.
(1) High school departments of family and
				consumer sciences that offer child development, family relationships, or
				parenting classes and alternative high school programs for pregnant and
				parenting teens. Services shall be limited to a minimum of one semester and a
				maximum of two semesters.
(2)
				Community colleges, other associate-degree institutions, and
				baccalaureate-degree institutions that offer child development, family
				relationships, or parenting classes. Services shall be limited to one semester
				or two quarters.
(3) Area education
				agencies; child abuse prevention programs; child and adult food program
				sponsors; child care resource and referral agencies; family resource centers;
				maternal and child health centers; family development and self-sufficiency
				program grantees and other family development providers; Head Start, Head Start
				parent and child centers, and Early Head Start programs; Iowa State University
				Extension services; private nonprofit social service agencies; and young parent
				support and information organizations. Services shall be limited to:
1. A minimum of 6 contact hours or six weeks,
				whichever comes first, and
2. A
				maximum of 26 contact hours or six calendar months, whichever comes
				first.
d. Other
				providers of parenting skills training are approvable as long as they:
(1) Have five of these six elements: child
				growth and development, child health and nutrition, child safety, positive
				discipline, relationships, and life skills.
(2) Offer training within the following time
				frames:
1. A minimum of 6 contact hours or six
				weeks, whichever comes first, and
2. A maximum of 26 contact hours or six
				calendar months, whichever comes first.
e. Supportive payments. For participants
				described in paragraphs 93.9(1)
"a"
and
				93.9(1)
"b,"
child care assistance and transportation payments
				shall be provided as described at subrule 93.11(3) when needed for
				participation in parenting skills training and not available from another
				source.
(1) Other expenses. Payment for
				tuition, fees, or books and supplies shall be made only when parenting skills
				training is not available from a free source in the local area. PROMISE JOBS
				shall not pay for any expenses that are covered by student financial aid in
				postsecondary educational institutions as provided elsewhere in these
				rules.
(2) Continuation of
				payments. If the participant chooses to continue with the parenting skills
				training program beyond the designated period of participation described in
				paragraph 93.9(1)
"c,"
PROMISE JOBS responsibility for payment
				of expense payments shall not extend beyond the designated period unless
				completion is delayed by acceptable instances for nonparticipation as
				stipulated at rule 441-93.14 (239B) or barriers to
				participation at subrule 93.4(5).
f. Participation in parenting skills
				training. The planned duration of the parenting skills training shall be
				determined by agreement between the participant and the training provider
				within the limits described in paragraphs 93.9(1)
"c"
and
				93.9(1)
"d."
(1) In
				consultation with the PROMISE JOBS worker, the participant and the provider
				shall design a written agreement and provide a copy to PROMISE JOBS. The
				agreement shall designate the period during which the mandatory parenting
				skills training requirement will be fulfilled. The period specified in the
				agreement or notice of decision shall be included in the FIA.
(2) Participants who fail to carry out this
				step in the FIA shall be considered to have chosen the limited benefit
				plan.
g. Failure to
				complete parenting skills training. Parents aged 19 or younger who do not
				include parenting skills training in the FIA or do not carry out the parenting
				skills training described in the FIA shall be considered to have chosen the
				limited benefit plan. Procedures at subrule 93.4(5) and rules 441-93.13(239B)
				and 441-93.14 (239B) shall
				apply.