Florida Statutes 445.0281 – Transitional case management
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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 445.0281
- 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
Each recipient of cash assistance who is determined ineligible for cash assistance for a reason other than noncompliance with work activity requirements is eligible for voluntary case management services administered by the local workforce development board. Case management services must be available to support families who transition to economic self-sufficiency and to mitigate dependency on cash assistance. Case management services must include, but are not limited to, career planning, job search assistance, résumé building, basic financial planning, connection to support services, and benefits management using a tool to demonstrate future financial impacts of the participant’s change in income and benefits over time, as applicable. Case managers must connect recipients to other transitional benefits as needed.