ASPIRE PLACEMENT SERVICES
The Department will make one award for services in the target area described. Services will be provided to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Parents as Scholars (PaS) recipients who reside in the counties of Piscataquis and Penobscot.
A. Required Services and Expectations
1.
The agency will develop employment sites and community service sites for ASPIRE-TANF and ASPIRE-PaS participants residing in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties.
2.
The agency will maintain a list of the above sites to include: site name, contact person, type of work and terms of the work site. This site list will be shared with regional DHHS, ASPIRE staff.
3.
Place ASPIRE participants in established sites.
4.
Provide participants with training in job search skills, interviewing techniques and job retention skills.
5.
Monitor ASPIRE participants after placement and advocate for participants with the employer or community service site as necessary.
6.
Monitor placed participants verification of all activity hours.
7.
Remove ASPIRE participants from work sites where either the site or the participant is inappropriate and develop an alternate site.
8.
Investigate potential fraud and provide detailed reports to the Office of Integrated Access and Support on the investigation and observations.
9.
Provide Region IV ASPIRE staff with weekly detailed reports of participants progress and activities.
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