0001| | 0002| SENATE MEMORIAL 33 | 0003| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998 | 0004| INTRODUCED BY | 0005| SHANNON ROBINSON | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| A MEMORIAL | 0012| REQUESTING THE EXECUTIVE TO CONTRACT WITH COMMUNITY-BASED | 0013| ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE JOB TRAINING, DEVELOPMENT AND | 0014| PLACEMENT AND EDUCATION TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS PURSUANT TO THE | 0015| NEW MEXICO WORKS ACT. | 0016| | 0017| WHEREAS, New Mexico must expend state funds to satisfy | 0018| the maintenance of effort requirement to receive the temporary | 0019| assistance for needy families block grant; and | 0020| WHEREAS, state funds must be expended on qualified state | 0021| expenditures as defined in the temporary assistance for needy | 0022| families block grant; and | 0023| WHEREAS, it is necessary that participants as defined in | 0024| the New Mexico Works Act be placed in programs that will | 0025| immediately address their needs so that they may engage in | - 1 - 0001| work and move toward self-sufficiency; and | 0002| WHEREAS, New Mexico has an existing network of qualified | 0003| community-based programs that deliver an array of support | 0004| services specially tailored to address the needs of particular | 0005| communities; | 0006| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE | 0007| OF NEW MEXICO that the executive, including the human services | 0008| department, children, youth and families department, labor | 0009| department, state department of public education and | 0010| department of health consider contracting for services with | 0011| the following qualified community-based programs in | 0012| communities throughout New Mexico to address the following | 0013| populations of participants as defined in the New Mexico Works | 0014| Act: | 0015| A. programs that provide job training, skill | 0016| assessment and job placement to participants as defined in the | 0017| New Mexico Works Act; | 0018| B. programs that deliver supported employment | 0019| services to participants with developmental disabilities as | 0020| defined in the New Mexico Works Act; | 0021| C. programs that train participants as defined in | 0022| the New Mexico Works Act for employment in developmental | 0023| disability community-based programs; | 0024| D. developmental disability early intervention | 0025| programs that provide support to participants as defined in | - 2 - 0001| the New Mexico Works Act; | 0002| E. training programs for persons providing | 0003| educational services to participants as defined in the New | 0004| Mexico Works Act, including Project Lead, a program at the | 0005| university of New Mexico that provides training in educational | 0006| administration development; | 0007| F. organizations that have the capability to | 0008| provide job training to female participants as defined in the | 0009| New Mexico Works Act; | 0010| G. organizations that have the capability to | 0011| screen for domestic violence and provide supportive services | 0012| to victims of domestic violence who are participants as | 0013| defined in the New Mexico Works Act; | 0014| H. local governments to develop employment | 0015| opportunities and to employ participants as defined in the New | 0016| Mexico Works Act; | 0017| I. programs that have the capability to provide | 0018| employment-related and supportive services, including training | 0019| and assistance to find permanent housing for homeless | 0020| participants as defined in the New Mexico Works Act; | 0021| J. outpatient alcohol and substance abuse programs | 0022| that not only treat participants as defined in the New Mexico | 0023| Works Act but also provide supportive services for overcoming | 0024| barriers to employment; | 0025| K. outpatient mental and behavioral health | - 3 - 0001| programs that provide treatment and services to participants | 0002| as defined in the New Mexico Works Act for overcoming barriers | 0003| to employment; | 0004| L. programs that will address the needs of non- | 0005| English speaking participants as defined in the New Mexico | 0006| Works Act; | 0007| M. programs geared toward assisting teen parents | 0008| who are participants as defined in the New Mexico Works Act to | 0009| smoothly transition into post-secondary education, job | 0010| training or employment; | 0011| N. programs directed at preventing teen pregnancy; | 0012| O. tribal organizations that operate job training, | 0013| community service and other employment programs for | 0014| participants as defined in the New Mexico Works Act; | 0015| P. programs that will provide affordable, | 0016| accessible and adequate child care for participants as defined | 0017| in the New Mexico Works Act in rural areas; | 0018| Q. programs that will provide affordable, | 0019| accessible and adequate twenty-four-hour child care to | 0020| participants as defined in the New Mexico Works Act; | 0021| R. programs that incorporate child care and job | 0022| training for participants as defined in the New Mexico Works | 0023| Act; | 0024| S. alternative high schools that develop | 0025| specialized programs for self-sufficiency for teen parents who | - 4 - 0001| are participants as defined in the New Mexico Works Act; and | 0002| T. organizations that have the demonstrated | 0003| ability to coordinate access to existing services for | 0004| participants as defined in the New Mexico Works Act provided | 0005| by the human services department, children, youth and families | 0006| department, labor department, state department of public | 0007| education and department of health; and | 0008| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be | 0009| transmitted to the governor, secretaries of the human services | 0010| department, children, youth and families department, labor | 0011| department and department of health and the superintendent of | 0012| public instruction. | 0013|  |