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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 502 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 4, by inserting after line 34 the 1 3 following: 1 4 "h. To strengthen the interaction between a 1 5 recipient and the community, the department shall 1 6 develop and implement a voluntary welfare replacement 1 7 initiative. The general assembly finds that this 1 8 initiative is a first step in an effort to return to a 1 9 system of public assistance in which churches and 1 10 other charitable organizations reassume responsibility 1 11 for public assistance, are highly involved with 1 12 families in need of assistance, and work as partners 1 13 with families' efforts to end dependency and become 1 14 stronger contributors to the success of their 1 15 communities. The initiative shall include the 1 16 provisions described in this paragraph and the 1 17 department shall implement those provisions which do 1 18 not require a federal waiver prior to the approval or 1 19 denial of the provisions which require a federal 1 20 waiver. 1 21 (1) For the purposes of this paragraph unless the 1 22 context otherwise requires: 1 23 (a) "Nonprofit organization" means a church or 1 24 other organization described in the Internal Revenue 1 25 Code, 26 U.S.C. } 501(c)(3), which is exempt from 1 26 income taxation under 26 U.S.C. } 501(a). 1 27 (b) "Voluntary welfare replacement initiative" or 1 28 "initiative" means the voluntary replacement 1 29 initiative created pursuant to this paragraph. 1 30 (2) The department shall publicize the initiative 1 31 to nonprofit organizations and recipients. The 1 32 department shall develop the initiative by matching 1 33 willing nonprofit organizations wishing to support a 1 34 recipient family with recipient families who have an 1 35 interest in receiving support through the initiative. 1 36 A nonprofit organization may be matched with a 1 37 recipient family who is a member of the nonprofit 1 38 organization. The department shall provide a 1 39 nonprofit organization participating in the initiative 1 40 with a nonidentifying profile of recipient families 1 41 which have expressed a desire to participate in the 1 42 initiative. If desired by the organization or the 1 43 recipient family, the department shall seek to match 1 44 organizations and families which are geographically 1 45 located close to one another. The department shall 1 46 develop the initiative in a manner which enables a 1 47 recipient or a nonprofit organization to withdraw from 1 48 the initiative in a manner which is acceptable to both 1 49 the recipient and the organization. 1 50 (3) A nonprofit organization which is matched with 2 1 a recipient family under the initiative may support 2 2 the family in any manner, including but not limited to 2 3 any of the following: 2 4 (a) Assistance in locating employment, including 2 5 job training and job search assistance. 2 6 (b) Financial support or in-kind assistance. 2 7 Financial support may include the nonprofit 2 8 organization paying all or part of the recipient's 2 9 cash assistance under the family investment program. 2 10 In-kind assistance may include providing food, 2 11 clothing, housing repair or remodeling, children's 2 12 playthings, child day care, and transportation. 2 13 (c) Personal support, including emotional and 2 14 spiritual support and counseling. 2 15 (d) Parenting classes. 2 16 (4) The department shall modify the family 2 17 investment agreement provisions applicable to a 2 18 recipient family participating in the initiative to 2 19 reflect the involvement of the nonprofit organization 2 20 with the family and assistance provided. The 2 21 modifications may include involving the nonprofit 2 22 organization as part of the agreement. The department 2 23 shall periodically survey recipients and nonprofit 2 24 organizations participating in the initiative to gauge 2 25 satisfaction with the initiative. The department 2 26 shall designate the employee who develops a 2 27 recipient's family investment agreement or other 2 28 suitable individual to monitor the efficacy of the 2 29 recipient's involvement under the initiative. The 2 30 types and dollar amounts of a nonprofit organization's 2 31 assistance to an individual recipient under the 2 32 initiative shall be enumerated in writing and provided 2 33 to the recipient, the department of human services, 2 34 the nonprofit organization, and the department of 2 35 revenue and finance. 2 36 (5) The department of human services shall work 2 37 with the department of revenue and finance in 2 38 developing forms necessary to implement the tax credit 2 39 provisions of section 422.12, subsection 4, as enacted 2 40 by this Act, which provides a state tax credit for 2 41 individual contributions to a nonprofit organization 2 42 for the purposes of the initiative. The department of 2 43 human services and the department of revenue and 2 44 finance shall develop provisions for a nonprofit 2 45 organization to deposit moneys contributed for the 2 46 initiative in a trust fund to be known as an 2 47 alternative compassion trust fund. The nonprofit 2 48 organization shall deposit into the alternative 2 49 compassion trust fund the contributed moneys in the 2 50 amount agreed to in writing by the organization under 3 1 subparagraph (4). Moneys deposited into the trust 3 2 fund shall be used for the costs of assistance 3 3 provided to a recipient as agreed to by the nonprofit 3 4 organization. Moneys contributed to the trust fund 3 5 are eligible for the voluntary welfare replacement 3 6 initiative credit under section 422.12. The 3 7 department of revenue and finance and the charitable 3 8 organization shall establish the total amount of 3 9 contributions made to the charitable organization 3 10 which will be eligible for the credit for the tax 3 11 year. 3 12 (6) In addition to assistance provided from the 3 13 alternative compassion trust fund, the nonprofit 3 14 organization may provide the recipient with additional 3 15 cash assistance. Subject to the maximum amount 3 16 specified in this subparagraph, the department shall 3 17 disregard such additional assistance received by the 3 18 recipient. The maximum amount which shall be 3 19 disregarded is an amount equal to ten percent of the 3 20 annual amount of cash assistance the nonprofit 3 21 organization has agreed to provide to the recipient 3 22 under subparagraph (4). 3 23 (7) Following the federal government's review of 3 24 the waiver provisions submitted pursuant to this 3 25 lettered paragraph, and the department's revision of 3 26 the provisions in accordance with the federal 3 27 government's approval requirements, the department 3 28 shall report to the members of the committees on human 3 29 resources of the house and senate and the joint 3 30 appropriations subcommittee on human services 3 31 concerning the department's implementation plans. 3 32 Sec. 101. Section 422.12, Code 1995, is amended by 3 33 adding the following new subsection: 3 34 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. A voluntary welfare 3 35 replacement initiative credit in the amount the 3 36 taxpayer contributed to a nonprofit organization for 3 37 purposes of the voluntary welfare replacement 3 38 initiative for recipients of the family investment 3 39 program under chapter 239. Any amount taken as a 3 40 credit under this subsection shall not be deducted as 3 41 a charitable contribution under section 422.9, 3 42 subsection 2." 3 43 #2. Page 5, line 27, by striking the word "and". 3 44 #3. Page 5, line 29, by inserting after the figure 3 45 "1997" the following: ", and provisions of section 1, 3 46 subsection 3, paragraph "h", of this Act, which do not 3 47 require a federal waiver, shall be implemented 3 48 beginning January 1, 1997, and those provisions which 3 49 require a federal waiver shall be implemented in 3 50 accordance with the federal waiver". 4 1 #4. Page 5, by inserting after line 34 the 4 2 following: 4 3 "Sec. . EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY. 4 4 Section 101 of this Act takes effect January 1, 1997, 4 5 and is applicable to tax years beginning on or after 4 6 January 1, 1997." 4 7 #5. Title page, line 3, by striking the words "and 4 8 providing" and inserting the following: ", creating a 4 9 voluntary welfare replacement initiative and tax 4 10 credit, and providing an effective date and". 4 11 4 12 4 13 4 14 BODDICKER of Cedar 4 15 4 16 4 17 4 18 HURLEY of Fayette 4 19 4 20 4 21 4 22 CARROLL of Poweshiek 4 23 HF 502.704 76 4 24 jp/sc
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