1. 1. The division of family services of the department of social services shall, in cooperation with the division of aging, develop and establish a pilot project for the employment of persons age fifty-five or older as part-time case workers for the division. The project shall be of a three-year duration and shall be funded by federal funds and state appropriations made for that purpose, not to exceed fifty percent of the total cost of the project, and donations received from private persons, firms, or corporations. The project shall not exceed ten senior citizens at any one time, and no one senior citizen shall be assigned more than ten cases at any one time. The participants shall be compensated for their services in an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars a year each. The pilot project shall be established in each county of the first classification containing the major part of a city with a population of more than three hundred thousand. Annually, the division of family services shall report on the project to the governor and the general assembly.
2. 2. The section shall expire on August 28, 1997.

(L. 1994 H.B. 1431 § 1)

Expires 8-28-97