Utah Code 35A-3-313. Performance goals
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(1) The department shall establish a performance monitoring system for cash assistance provided under this part.
Terms Used In Utah Code 35A-3-313
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Cash assistance: means the monthly dollar amount a recipient is eligible to receive under the Family Employment Program under Section 35A-3-302. See Utah Code 35A-3-102
- Department: means the Department of Workforce Services created in Section 35A-1-103. See Utah Code 35A-1-102
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- Performance goals: means a target level of performance that will be compared to actual performance. See Utah Code 35A-3-102
- Performance indicators: means actual performance information regarding a program or activity. See Utah Code 35A-3-102
- Performance monitoring system: means a process to regularly collect and analyze performance information, including performance indicators and performance goals. See Utah Code 35A-3-102
(2) The department shall establish the performance indicators and performance goals that will be used in the performance monitoring system for cash assistance under this part.
(3)
(3)(a) The department shall include in the annual written report described in Section 35A-1-109, a description of the difference between actual performance and performance goals for the second, third, and fourth quarters of the prior fiscal year and the first quarter of the current fiscal year.
(3)(b)
(3)(b)(i) The legislative fiscal analyst or the analyst’s designee shall convey the information described in Subsection (3)(a) to the appropriation subcommittee that has oversight responsibilities for the Department of Workforce Services during the general session of the Legislature that follows the submission of the report.
(3)(b)(ii) The subcommittee may consider the information in its deliberations regarding the budget for services under this chapter.