Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 208.624 - Invest in caring, model program - intergenerational care and training program1. The department of elementary and secondary education shall devise a model program entitled "Invest in Caring" that recruits, trains and connects student volunteers with senior service programs and in turn provides student volunteers with credit hours toward graduation or college credit.2. The department of elementary and secondary education shall devise and implement a model apprenticeship program to enable high school students who volunteer for certain elderly service tasks to achieve certification as a certified nurse's aide, day care provider, or other skill that has job potential upon graduation from high school or which provides credit toward achieving certification in those skills in an ongoing education program. Such a program shall be called an "Intergenerational Care and Training Program".