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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
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4 13
4 14 BODDICKER of Cedar
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4 18 HURLEY of Fayette
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4 22 CARROLL of Poweshiek
4 23 HF 502.704 76
4 24 jp/sc
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