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The Maximum Sanction that Employment Services Providers Said Should be Available for MFIP Recipients who Do Not Comply with Program Requirements

Provider and Location Counties Served by the Provider Employment Services Caseload on June 30, 1999 Maximum Sanction for One-Parent Families (as a percentage of the payment standard) Maximum Sanction for Two-Parent Families (as a percentage of the payment standard)
NORTHWEST REGION        
MN Workforce Center, Crookston Norman, Polk 344 75 100
MN Workforce Center, Thief River Falls Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Red Lake, and Roseau 160 50 100
NORTH CENTRAL REGION        
Rural Minnesota CEP See footnote a. 2,951 30 100
NORTHEAST REGION        
Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency, Aitkin Aitkin 66 30 30
Northeast MN Office of Jobs and Training, Aitkin Aitkin 16 30 30
Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency, Cloquet Carlton 139 100 100
Northeast MN Office of Jobs and Training, Cloquet Carlton 38 50 50
Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency, Grand Marais Cook 5 30 30
Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency, Grand Rapids Itasca 133 100 100
Northeast MN Office of Jobs and Training, Grand Rapids Itasca 71 30 30
Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency, International Falls Koochiching 54 75e 75e
Northeast MN Office of Jobs and Training, International Falls Koochiching 44 30 30
Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency, Two Harbors Lake 27 100 100
Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency, Virginia St. Louis 236 100 100
Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency, Ely St. Louis 29 30f 30f
Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency, Hibbing St. Louis 263 50 50
Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency, Hermantown St. Louis 116 50 75
Northeast MN Office of Jobs and Training, Virginia St. Louis 119 75 100
Northeast MN Office of Jobs and Training, Hibbing St. Louis 93 30 30
Northeast MN Office of Jobs and Training, Duluth (2nd St.) St. Louis 215 50 100
Northeast MN Office of Jobs and Training, Duluth (Matterhorn Dr.) St. Louis 17 50 75
Duluth Job Training Program, Duluth St. Louis 681 Didn't Respond Didn't Respond
CENTRAL REGION        
Pine Technical College E&T, Pine City Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Pine 619 50 75
Central MN Jobs and Training, Monticello Renville, Meeker, McLeod, Sherburne, Wright 569 30 50
Willmar Workforce Center, Willmar Kandiyohi 236 50g 50g
Stearns-Benton E&T, St. Cloud Stearns, Benton 647 50 100
SOUTHEAST REGION        
Southwest MN PIC, Montevideo Big Stone, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine 127 30 50
Marshall Workforce Center, Marshall Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone, Redwood 175 50 100
Southwest MN PIC, Worthington Cottonwood, Jackson, Nobles, Rock 212 50 75
SOUTH CENTRAL REGION        
Blue Earth County E&T, Mankato Blue Earth 251 10 30
Faribault County E&T, Blue Earth Faribault 79 30 50
Fairmont Area Workforce Center, Fairmont Martin 124 30 30
Watonwan County E&T, St. James Watonwan 50 30 50
MN Valley Action Council, New Ulm Brown 86 30 30
MN Valley Action Council, Le Center LeSueur 81 30 30
MN Valley Action Council, St. Peter Nicollet 159 10 10
MN Valley Action Council, Gaylord Sibley 46 30 Don't Know
MN Valley Action Council, Waseca Waseca 107 30 30
SOUTHEAST REGION        
Southeast MN PIC, Dodge Center Dodge 41 75 75
Southeast MN PIC, Preston Fillmore 36 Didn't Respond Didn't Respond
Southeast MN PIC, Albert Lea Freeborn 184 100 100
Southeast MN PIC, Red Wing Goodue 86 30 50
Southeast MN PIC, Rochester Olmsted 455 50 50
Olmsted County, Rochester Olmsted 31 30 50
Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association, Rochester Olmsted 199 50 50
Southeast MN PIC, Wabasha Wabasha 54 30 30
Southeast MN PIC, Caledonia Houston 48 30 50
Wisconsin Job Service, LaCrosse, WI Houston 1 Didn't Survey Didn't Survey
Southeast MN PIC, Austin Mower 180 100h 50h
Southeast MN PIC, Faribault Rice 130 30 50
Southeast MN PIC, Owatonna Steele 148 50 75
Winona Workforce Center, Winona Winona 211 30 30
SUBURBAN TWIN CITIES REGION        
Anoka Workforce Center, Blaine Anoka 1,218 30 50
Carver Workforce Center, Chaska Carver 56 50 50
Dakota County Technical College, Rosemount Dakota 612 30 50
Dakota County Workforce Center, W. St. Paul Dakota 248 50 50
Scott County Human Services, Shakopee Scott 148 Don't Know Don't Know
Washington County Workforce Center, Stillwater Washington 468 30 50
URBAN TWIN CITIES REGION        
WERC, Minneapolis Hennepin 1,198 100 100
Hennepin County program for 18 and 19 year olds, Minneapolis Hennepin 381 Didn't Survey Didn't Survey
HIRED North and South, Minneapolis Hennepin 660 30 50
HIRED Northwest, Brooklyn Park Hennepin 368 30 30
American Indian OIC, Minneapolis Hennepin 363 10 30
East Side Neighborhood Services, Minneapolis (2nd St) Hennepin 280 50 50
East Side Neighborhood Services, Minneapolis (Malcolm Ave) Hennepin 94 30 30
EAC Wings North and South, Minneapolis Hennepin 932 30 50
EAC Suburban Pathways, St. Louis Park Hennepin 210 30 30
EAC Young Parents, Minneapolis Hennepin 74 10 30
Hmong American Partnership, Minneapolis and St. Paul Hennepin and Ramsey 460 30 30
Loring Nicollet Community Center, Minneapolis Hennepin 140 50 50
Minneapolis Urban League, Minneapolis Hennepin 248 75i 75i
Lutheran Social Services, Minneapolis Hennepin 315 30 Didn't Respond
Minneapolis Public Housing Authority, Minneapolis Hennepin 216 30 30
South Minneapolis Workforce Center, Minneapolis Hennepin 147 Don't Know 30
North Minneapolis Workforce Center, Minneapolis Hennepin 193 50 75
North Hennepin County Workforce Center, Brooklyn Park Hennepin 212 30 50
South Hennepin County Workforce Center, Bloomington Hennepin 262 100 100
Project for Pride in Living, Minneapolis Hennepin 213 30 30
Pillsbury Neighborhood Services, Minneapolis (Coyle Center) Hennepin 64 100 100
Pillsbury Neighborhood Services, Minneapolis (Unity Center) Hennepin 278 50 50
Jewish Vocational Services, Minneapolis (1st Ave. and Hwy 100) Hennepin 313 50 50
Catholic Charities, Minneapolis Hennepin 530 30 50
Ramsey County Workforce Center, North St. Paul Ramsey 814 30 30
Jewish Family Services, St. Paul Ramsey 111 30 30
Wilder Jobs First, St. Paul Ramsey 792 50 50
Ramsey County Career Counseling, St. Paul Ramsey 866 50 75
St. Paul Rehabilitation Center, St. Paul Ramsey 883 100 100
CLUES, St. Paul Ramsey 80 30 30
HIRED, St. Paul Ramsey 135 50j 50j
Center of Asian & Pacific Islanders Ramsey 0b 50 100
Vietnamese Minnesotan Association, St. Paul Ramsey 0b 40k 50
City of St. Paul Planning and Economic Development, St. Paul Ramsey 0c 50 50
East Metro OIC Ramsey 308 30 50
Center for Employment and Training, St. Paul Ramsey 787 Didn't Respond Didn't Respond
St. Paul Urban League, St. Paul Ramsey 364 100 75
Labor Studies Resources Center, St. Paul Ramsey 0d 50 100
Vietnamese Social Services of Minnesota, St. Paul Ramsey 62 30 30
United Cambodian Association of Minnesota, St. Paul Ramsey 26 30 75
Lao Family Community Minnesota, St. Paul Ramsey 327 30 30
Women's Association of Hmong and Lao, St. Paul Ramsey 27 10 30
TRIBAL PROVIDERS        
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Red Lake   513 30 30
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Cass Lake   260 Don't Know 50
White Earth Tribal E&T, Naytahwaush   105 30 30
Leech Lake Tribal Council, Cass Lake   235 Didn't Respond Didn't Respond
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, Onamia   92 Didn't Respond Didn't Respond
         
Statewide   28,877    
         

NOTE: We asked employment services providers, "Currently, counties may sanction MFIP participants for as much as 30 percent of the payment standard for failing to comply with program requirements. In your opinion, what (if any) change in the maximum available sanction should be implemented for: (A) One-parent MFIP households, [and] (B) Two-parent households." We provided seven possible answers, "(1) Decrease to zero -- no sanction should be allowed under MFIP, (2) Decrease to 10 percent, (3) Remain at 30 percent, (4) Increase to 50 percent, (5) Increase to 75 percent, (6) Increase to 100 percent, [and] (7) Don't Know."

E&T means employment and training

PIC means private industry council

a. Rural Minnesota CEP serves Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Morrison, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Todd, Traverse, Wadena, and Wilkin.

b. Subcontractor for the agencies that make up the Jobs First Coalition, which includes Ramsey County Workforce Center, Wilder Jobs First, and the St. Paul Rehabilitation Center. The cases served by the subcontractor are included in caseload numbers for the three agencies that make up the coalition.

c. The City of St. Paul's Department of Planning and Economic Development is the administrator of the St. Paul Workforce Center Collaborative (which includes East Metro OIC, the Center for Employment and Training, the St. Paul Urban League, and the Labor Studies Resource Center) and does not work directly with clients.

d. The Labor Studies Resource Center only participates in the intake of employment services clients for the St. Paul Workforce Center Collaborative.

e. The International Falls office of the Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency added the following comment: "With special provisions for the children, only so the parent(s) is held accountable to become responsible for their own well-being."

f. The Ely office of the Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency commented that sanctions should increase to 50 percent after 60 months.

g. The Willmar Workforce Center commented: "There should be a tiered system of sanctions. We have clients who are content at 30% and will not do anything. If sanctions continued to get more severe, they would either comply or close."

h. The Austin office of the Southeastern Minnesota PIC commented: "(1) Suggest rent subsidies not be increased when family income is reduced due to sanctions. (2) Suggest MFIP case close after family is sanctioned for 6 months and have not responded to repeated interventions to cooperate and look for work."

i. The Minneapolis Urban League commented: "Remove participants off MFIP that have been sanctioned after 6 months, entirely off."

j. The St. Paul office of HIRED commented: "Institute time limits for 30% sanction. Once case remains in sanction for x number of months, all cash is discontinued and family be required to reapply."

k. The Vietnamese Minnesota Association specified 40 percent for the one-parent sanction.

SOURCE: Office of the Legislative Auditor survey of employment services providers (August 1999).