The objectives of the Self-Sufficiency Fund are:

1. (1) to provide training for targeted employment to allow adult TANF recipients as well as those individuals at risk of becoming dependent on public assistance to achieve self-sufficiency;
2. (2) to the extent practicable, to provide Self-Sufficiency Fund services in all areas of the state and ensure expansion of the state's capacity to respond to workforce training needs;
3. (3) to assist the Board in its efforts to meet the Board's Choices performance measures and assist individuals receiving public assistance in entering the workforce;
4. (4) to develop projects that will create jobs in local workforce development areas through collaboration with the Boards;
5. (5) to collaborate with Board contractors, one-stop centers, or other entities to establish referrals of eligible trainees;
6. (6) to develop projects that at the completion of training will result in employment benefits, including medical insurance, for the participants in the customized training project;
7. (7) to develop projects which include contributions from other resources, including the private partners, that are being committed to the customized job training project; and
8. (8) to develop projects that at completion of the training will result in the greatest economic benefit to the public, in the form of enhanced worker skills and positive economic impact within the local community for each dollar invested in worker training.

Source Note:The provisions of this §835.11 adopted to be effective January 7, 2003, 28 TexReg 357.