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HHS asks committee to allow higher program wage for senior community service employment to boost participation
Summary
The Department of Human Services asked the House Human Services Committee to authorize a programmatic minimum wage for participants in the Senior Community Service Employment Program to increase participation and fully use federal funds; department proposed $12/hour as an interim rate adjustable by rule
The House Human Services Committee heard from the Department of Human Services about House Bill 1066, which would allow the department to set a state programmatic minimum wage for Senior Community Service Employment Program (CSEP) participants.
Jim Fleming, interim director of the Vocational Rehabilitation Section and director of the Child Support Section at the Department of Human Services, said North Dakota receives roughly $480,000 per year from the Older Americans Act to operate CSEP, a training program for people aged 55 and older who have been unemployed at least six months or have incomes at or below 125 percent of the federal poverty level. Fleming told the…
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