208.410. Volunteers to be given priority--publicity or recruitment program--persons excused from participation--pretermination hearing required before loss of benefits or services as sanction for nonp - Missouri Statutes

Volunteers to be given priority--publicity or recruitmentprogram--persons excused from participation--preterminationhearing required before loss of benefits or services as sanctionfor nonparticipation--rules and regulations, sanctions.

208.410. 1. The division, in determining the priority of participationby individuals, shall give priority to volunteers as described in section 201of P.L. 100-485.

2. The state plan for the job opportunities and basic skills trainingprogram shall include a publicity or recruitment program the goal of whichshall be to ensure that volunteers for participation in the job opportunitiesand basic skills training program are served first and are given preferencefor available education, training and support services.

3. Any recipient who has a child under three years of age living in thehome and is personally providing care for the child shall be exempt fromrequired participation in the JOBS program.

4. Prior to the termination of any benefits or supportive services of aparticipant by the division as a sanction authorized pursuant to theprovisions of this section, the participant shall be afforded a preterminationhearing, on the record, with an opportunity for the participant to be heard.

5. No person shall without good cause, as such term is defined in PublicLaw 100-485 and regulations defined thereunder, refuse services offered by thedivision pursuant to this section. The division may, by rule and regulation,provide sanctions against any person who violates the provisions of thissubsection. Sanctions shall be consistent with the provisions of Title II,Section 201 of the Family Support Act of 1988.

(L. 1989 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 2 § 3, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1547 & 961)