(1) The
department shall ensure that none of its rules or practices act
to exclude recipients of temporary assistance for needy families
from any small business loan opportunities or entrepreneurial
assistance it makes available through its community development
block grant program or otherwise provides using state or federal
resources. The department shall encourage local administrators
of microlending programs using public funds to conduct outreach
activities to encourage recipients of temporary assistance for
needy families to explore self-employment as an option. The
department shall compile information on private and public
sources of entrepreneurial assistance and loans for start-up
businesses and provide the department of social and health
services with the information for dissemination to recipients of
temporary assistance for needy families.
(2) The department shall, as part of its industrial
recruitment efforts, work with the workforce training and
education coordinating board to identify the skill sets needed by
companies locating in the state. The department shall provide
the department of social and health services with the information
about the companies' needs in order that recipients of public
assistance and service providers assisting such recipients
through training and placement programs may be informed and
respond accordingly. The department shall work with the state
board for community and technical colleges, the job skills
program, the employment security department, and other employment
and training programs to facilitate the inclusion of recipients
of temporary assistance for needy families in relevant training
that would make them good employees for recruited firms.
(3) The department shall perform the duties under this
section within available funds.
[1997 c 58 § 323.]
NOTES:
Short title--Part headings, captions, table of contents not law -- Exemptions and waivers from federal law--Conflict with federal requirements--Severability--1997 c 58: See RCW 74.08A.900 through 74.08A.904.