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<section article="ghu" article_name="Human Services" number="5-322" title_number="5" title_name="Public Assistance" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Family Investment Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On or before October 1 each year, the Department shall report to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the following information:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>for the preceding year:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the number of recipients who engaged in vocational education or education directly related to employment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the number of recipients who completed vocational education or education directly related to employment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the number of recipients who obtained or maintained employment for 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, and 24 months after completing vocational education or education directly related to employment; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the average earnings of recipients who obtained or maintained employment for 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, and 24 months after completing vocational education or education directly related to employment; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for the preceding fiscal year, the following information on work experience and community service work activity placements:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>information on the work sites and the public, private, and nonprofit organizations that have engaged temporary cash assistance recipients in work experience and community service, including:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a list, organized by county, of all work sites in the State, including units of State, federal, and local government that have engaged temporary cash assistance recipients in work experience;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>for each work site:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>the total number of work experience placements for the year;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>the position, job duties, number of hours, and market salary rate for the job being performed by the temporary cash assistance recipients engaged in work experience; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="C">
          <text>the number of temporary cash assistance recipients engaged in work experience who were hired by the work site for unsubsidized employment; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>a list, organized by county, of all public and nonprofit organizations in the State that have engaged temporary cash assistance recipients in community service;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>information, organized by the number, jurisdiction, race, ethnicity, age, and gender of individuals who participated in work experience and community service; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>information on the employment outcomes of individuals who participated in work experience, including the number of individuals in work experience who were provided direct entry into a full–time job with a wage that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>equals or exceeds the State minimum wage;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>equals or exceeds 150% of the State minimum wage; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>equals or exceeds 200% of the State minimum wage.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The information in the report required under subsection (a)(1) of this section shall be broken down by the types of vocational education or education programs in which the recipients engaged, including:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>associate degree programs;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>vocational education programs that do not lead to an associate degree;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>postsecondary education programs that are not included in item (1) or (2) of this subsection;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>adult basic education programs;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>English as a second language programs; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>GED programs.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
