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16. TRAINING AND JOB DEVELOPMENT FOR ELDER CARE OCCUPATIONS

The HCA NMW service provider is responsible for identifying training opportunities and job development in emerging professions. To comply with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, the State intends to assist participants to seek employment in elder professions such as Home Care Attendants as identified by the Aging and Long-Term Services Department as being a growing profession. The NMW contractor uses individually tailored employment assessments and plans to meet the needs of families and the business community. The employment plans provide parents an opportunity to gain job skills and experience through an array of work readiness programs. The program strives to develop self- sufficiency through employment with benefits and wages that will enable adults to support their families.

The NMW contractor also uses job developers who are skilled and experienced in developing and identifying employment opportunities for NMW participants by developing, locating, and securing subsidized or unsubsidized employment opportunities for NMW parents. Job developers identify employers who are hiring and collect data from employers related to job orders including job requirements and skills, match job requirements with qualifications of job ready NMW parents, refer qualified applicants to employers, participate in and/or coordinate job fairs, and provide job search internet resources, where available.

17. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT (MOE) FUNDED SERVICES

TANF MOE PROGRAMS: As a part of its state general fund appropriations, the New Mexico Legislature has funded programs in agencies other than the New Mexico Human Services Department that are intended to provide support services to eligible low-income families. To participate in these programs, individuals and families must meet the low-income guidelines as specified in “Section 8 Eligibility Process for NMW 2.8: General Requirements.” Related general funds expended in most of these programs may be claimed as a part of the state’s TANF MOE requirement in accordance with federal guidelines. Other low-income programs that are not specific to the definition of support service may also be claimed as MOE.

The requirements for application processing, determination and re-determination of eligibility and other similar procedural requirements may vary from program to program.

The following funds listed below are state expenditures that are counted towards the state’s MOE requirement for eligible families only.

Human Services Department

State Funded Immigrants

An immigrant who arrived in the United States on or after August 22, 1996, and who meets the definition of qualified immigrant is not eligible for federally funded TANF assistance under the terms of Title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (five years from date of entry into the U.S. with a qualified immigrant status). The qualified immigrant may be included in the NMW benefit group, if otherwise eligible, and may receive cash assistance, with the costs of the immigrant’s benefits paid entirely, and may receive cash assistance, with the costs of the immigrant’s benefits paid entirely by State funds.