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Home » US Law » 2022 Rhode Island General Laws » Title 40 - Human Services » Chapter 40-6.1 - Work Training Program

Section 40-6.1-1. – Work training program.

§ 40-6.1-1. Work training program. There is hereby created a work training program to augment the general public assistance program created pursuant to § 40-6-8. History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 410, art. 4, § 1.

Section 40-6.1-2. – Participation requirement — Assignment of work.

§ 40-6.1-2. Participation requirement — Assignment of work. As provided in this chapter, employable persons receiving financial support from the state shall be required to participate in the work training program and to perform such work as may be assigned to them by the director of the department of human services (hereinafter called the “director”), […]

Section 40-6.1-3. – Work hours.

§ 40-6.1-3. Work hours. No recipient shall be required to work in excess of eight (8) hours per day, nor in excess of forty (40) hours per week. The actual number of work-training hours required shall be determined by dividing the total grant of the recipient received under the general public assistance program (GPA), by […]

Section 40-6.1-4. – Ineligibility of nonparticipants for support.

§ 40-6.1-4. Ineligibility of nonparticipants for support. Should any recipient fail, without good cause, to participate in the work training program, the recipient shall be determined to be ineligible for support under the general public assistance program (GPA). In case the recipient is a parent of minor children, then that portion of his or her […]

Section 40-6.1-5. – Rules and regulations.

§ 40-6.1-5. Rules and regulations. The director shall promulgate rules and regulations as are necessary to determine the employability of the general public assistance program (GPA) recipients, the conditions for employment under the work training program, and other regulations needed to effectuate the provisions of this chapter. History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 410, art. 4, […]

Section 40-6.1-7. – Severability.

§ 40-6.1-7. Severability. If any provision in any article of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, its invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this […]