House Bill Summary

HCS/HB 1580 - This act modifies the Hero at Home program. It expands the purpose of the program to include assisting returning national guard troops or reservists with finding work in situations where they return to employment that is no longer suitable. The act expands the services that may be provided to certain military families by no longer limiting financial assistance to families facing overdue bills to bills due to reduced income from the deployment of a spouse. The act also eliminates the requirement that agencies that contract with the Department of Economic Development to provide services through the program provide a twenty percent match to the program through their own expenditures. The Department of Economic Development is required to prepare a report on the operations and progress of the program by January 1, 2011.

This act is similar to SB 1020 (2010) and HB 2189 (2010).

EMILY KALMER