The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 makes available to the states substantial funding to help underemployed noncustodial parents achieve marketable employment skills and find a job. The following is a short statement from the Department of Health and Human Services explaining the program.

http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cse/new/csr9711.html#9711e

Low Income Noncustodial Parents Eligible for Job Training
Funding Totals $3 Billion

The Balanced Budget Act of 1997, signed by the President on August 5, 1997, makes formula grant funds available to states for welfare-to-work initiatives.

This legislation has importance for child support because its target group includes noncustodial parents of minors whose custodial parents are long-term welfare recipients who face termination from TANF within 12 months and have specified labor market deficiencies.

The legislation seeks to move hard-to-employ TANF recipients with significant employment barriers into unsubsidized jobs offering long-term employment opportunities.

Under the legislation, the Department of Labor is authorized to provide Welfare-to-Work (WtW) grants to states and local communities for transitional employment assistance to move hard-to-employ TANF recipients with significant employment barriers into unsubsidized jobs offering long-term employment opportunities.

Funding totals $3 billion-$1.5 billion each in fiscal year 1998 and 1999. For more information, contact the Department of Labor's Stephanie Curtis at (202) 208-7933, X 161.

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