44TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 1999

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A JOB PLACEMENT PROGRAM.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--One million dollars ($1,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the commission on the status of women for expenditure in fiscal year 2000 for the purpose of continuing to implement TEAMWORKS, a job placement program for persons eligible to receive temporary assistance for needy families who are referred to the commission by the human services department from July 1, 1999 through June 30, 2000. The commission shall cooperate and coordinate with the human services department. Prior to the expenditure of any of the appropriation, the commission shall seek approval for each program it develops from the human services department. Expenditure of any of the appropriation is contingent upon certification by the secretary of human services to the department of finance and administration that the commission has entered into an agreement with the human services department that provides for programs that maintain a work-first concept; programs that contain measurable performance standards; programs that identify the number of target clients; programs that provide a tracking and reporting element; and appropriate administrative and accounting procedures and oversight by the human services department to ensure that expenditures shall meet all federal and state requirements for maintenance of effort, including adherence to the cap on the administrative costs. The appropriation shall be reported by the human services department as maintenance of effort. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2000 shall revert to the general fund.