53-4-718. Performance standards -- monitoring and evaluation of program. (1) In addition to standards of performance established pursuant to section 487 of the federal Family Support Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 687), the department shall provide standards to further measure the performance and effectiveness of the program. The standards must consist of an objective, quantifiable measure of the extent to which participation in the program increases the employment and earnings of participants and decreases their dependency on public assistance.
     (2) In order to determine whether performance standards are met, the department shall monitor and evaluate the program on the basis of appropriate factors that must include the following:
     (a) the placement of participants in unsubsidized employment;
     (b) the retention of participants in unsubsidized employment;
     (c) the increase in earnings, including hourly wages, of participants due to placement in unsubsidized employment;
     (d) the reduction in the number of individuals and families receiving aid to families with dependent children; and
     (e) the amount of reductions in payments for aid to families with dependent children.
     (3) In monitoring and evaluating the performance of the program, the department shall determine the reasons for high and low levels of performance, administrative efficiencies, and program coordination.

     History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 550, L. 1989.