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House Amendment 3469

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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 
  4 12 
  4 13                              
  4 14 BODDICKER of Cedar
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  4 17                              
  4 18 HURLEY of Fayette
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  4 21                              
  4 22 CARROLL of Poweshiek
  4 23 HF 502.704 76
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