§ 11-13-105 - Human service projects. - Arkansas Statutes

11-13-105. Human service projects.

(a) (1) The Director of the Department of Labor may develop state and local human service projects which combine both conservation work and human services, especially those projects and activities which promote the social well-being or economic self-sufficiency of the elderly, persons with physical or developmental disabilities, children, or other persons with low incomes.

(2) The director shall give preference to those human service projects that involve intergenerational activities between corpsmembers and older persons in projects that are in other ways consistent with this chapter.

(b) The director may develop and carry out signature projects involving more than one (1) crew and designed to have a high impact. These projects shall be short term and may involve working with local or community-based agencies.

(c) (1) (A) Projects developed may include fee-for-service projects with other state and local agencies and community-based agencies.

(B) Fees received from fee-for-service projects shall be deposited into the State Treasury as special revenues credited to the Department of Labor Fund Account, there to be used solely for the purpose of implementing this chapter.

(2) Fee-for-service projects may not be entered into with for-profit agencies, nor may any fee-for-service project displace any other workers.