15H.8 RefugeeRISE AmeriCorps program.
1. a. The commission, in collaboration with the department of human services, shall establish a Refugee Rebuild, Integrate, Serve, Empower (RefugeeRISE) AmeriCorps program to increase community integration and engagement for diverse refugee communities in rural and urban areas across the state.
b. The commission, in collaboration with the department of human services, may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement and administer this section.
2. The commission may use moneys in and lawfully available to the community programs account created in section 15H.5 to fund the program.
3. The commission shall submit an annual report to the general assembly and the department of human services relating to the efficacy of the program.
2016 Acts, ch 1139, §91; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §11
Referred to in §15H.5, 15H.9
Subsection 1, paragraph a amended