Florida Statutes 445.035 – Data collection and reporting
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(1) The Department of Children and Families and the state board shall collect data necessary to administer this chapter and make the reports required under federal law to the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the United States Department of Agriculture.
(2) CareerSource Florida, Inc., in collaboration with the department, the Department of Children and Families, and the local workforce development boards, shall develop standardized intake and exit surveys for the purpose of collecting and aggregating data to monitor program effectiveness, inform program improvements, and allocate resources.
(a) The intake survey must be administered by the local workforce development boards during the required diversion screening process under s. 445.017. The intake survey must be administered to each new recipient of temporary cash assistance under chapter 414 who has not otherwise completed the survey.
Terms Used In Florida Statutes 445.035
- Department: means the Department of Commerce. See Florida Statutes 445.002
- services: when used in reference to individuals who are not receiving temporary cash assistance, means nonrecurrent, short-term benefits designed to deal with a specific crisis situation or episode of need and other services; work subsidies; supportive services such as child care and transportation; services such as counseling, case management, peer support, and child care information and referral; transitional services, job retention, job advancement, and other employment-related services; nonmedical treatment for substance abuse or mental health problems; teen pregnancy prevention; two-parent family support, including noncustodial parent employment; court-ordered supervised visitation, and responsible fatherhood services; and any other services that are reasonably calculated to further the purposes of the welfare transition program. See Florida Statutes 445.002
- State board: means the state workforce development board established pursuant to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Pub. See Florida Statutes 445.002
- Welfare transition services: means those workforce services provided to current or former recipients of temporary cash assistance under chapter 414. See Florida Statutes 445.002
(b) The intake survey must, at a minimum, collect qualitative or quantitative data, as applicable, relating to all of the following:
1. The recipient’s perceived individual barriers to employment.
2. The reasons cited by the recipient for his or her separation from employment in the previous 12 months.
3. The recipient’s stated goals for employment or professional development.
4. The recipient’s highest level of education or credentials attained or training received at the time of enrollment.
5. The recipient’s awareness of welfare transition services.
(c) The exit survey must be administered by the local workforce development boards to recipients of temporary cash assistance under chapter 414 as recipients prepare to transition off of temporary cash assistance. Based on a recipient’s circumstances, the exit survey must be administered to the recipient at one of the following points of contact:
1. The recipient is approaching the statutory time limitation for temporary cash assistance and is interviewed pursuant to s. 414.105(10); or
2. At such time when the recipient becomes ineligible for cash assistance and is contacted pursuant to s. 445.028.
(d) The exit survey must, at a minimum, collect data relating to all of the following:
1. The recipient’s enrollment in other public benefits programs at the time of exit.
2. Whether the recipient has a long-term career plan.
3. The recipient’s credentials or education attained or training received during enrollment.
4. Barriers to the recipient’s employment which were addressed during enrollment.
5. Any remaining barriers to the recipient’s employment.
(e) The completed surveys must be submitted to CareerSource Florida, Inc., and anonymized data must be disseminated quarterly to the department and the Department of Children and Families.
(f) The department, in consultation with CareerSource Florida, Inc., and the Department of Children and Families, shall prepare and submit to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a report by January 1 of each year. The report must include, at a minimum, the results of the intake and exit surveys, an analysis of the barriers to employment experienced by the survey respondents, and any recommendations for legislative and administrative changes to mitigate such barriers and improve the effective use of transitional benefits.