Section 214 - Job training(a) The department shall establish, implement and administer a pilot job training program with the ultimate goal of securing economic self-sufficiency for welfare recipients. The program shall utilize Federal and State funds available to the department for job training programs.(b) The pilot program shall consist of three projects located in three separate counties in different geographical regions representing rural, suburban and urban populations of this Commonwealth. In selecting sites for projects, preference shall be given to areas of persistent unemployment and widespread failure or closure of existing dominant industries.(c) The goal of the pilot program shall be to match trainees with existing job vacancies which pay wages and benefits based on a forty-hour work week and which are sufficient to ensure the financial security of the trainee and any dependents to enable that trainee and dependents to remain free of any State assistance for at least one year.(d) The pilot program shall include provisions to:(1) Ensure that contracts with training, placement and other service providers are performance based, with payments derived from successful placements of welfare recipients into adequate employment.(2) Reward client initiative by directing child-care, training and other program resources to welfare recipients who are actively working toward self-sufficiency.(3) Make receipt of benefits and/or incentives contingent on recipients meeting of individualized obligations such as attendance at training sessions and pursuit of job opportunities.(e) The department may contract with an employer, a nonprofit association, corporation or government agency or any combination thereof.(f) Payments by the department to a project operator shall be scheduled so that twenty-five percent of the contract price is paid during training, twenty-five percent is paid upon completion of training, twenty-five percent after the trainee is employed continuously for a period of at least six months and twenty-five percent after the trainee is employed continuously for a period of at least one year.(g) The department shall be required to analyze the pilot program, measuring its results against the goals under this section as well as comparing it to other Federal and State job training programs. A report on the evaluation shall be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly detailing the findings and recommendations of the evaluation no later than two years following implementation of the pilot program. The report shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Cost-effectiveness in the use of job training resources.(2) Rate of job placements.(3) Reduction of welfare enrollment.(4) Rate of in-migration and out-migration in the program area.(h) An employer may not contract a program participant to another employer unless the program participant is the sole recipient of any additional wages, benefits or compensation that may result from the contract.(i) The department shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this section.1967, June 13, P.L. 31, No. 21, § 214, added 1995, June 30, P.L. 129, No. 20, § 1, effective in 120 days.