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Senate committee advances bill to set pay rate for senior training program at $12 an hour
Summary
The Senate Human Services Committee voted 6-0 to give a "do pass" recommendation to House Bill 1066, which sets an initial $12 hourly compensation rate for participants in the Senior Community Service Employment Program to increase federal fund use and reduce state administrative costs.
The Senate Human Services Committee on a 6-0 vote recommended passage of House Bill 1066, which would set an initial $12 per hour compensation rate for participants in the Senior Community Service Employment Program, a federally funded training program for low-income residents age 55 and older.
Jim Fleming, interim director of the Vocational Rehabilitation program at the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services and child support director, told the committee the change is intended to increase program participation and avoid returning federal funds. "We are asking for your permission to spend more money so we can save yet even more money," Fleming said. He said the state receives $7,800,000 a year…
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