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(c) The participant:

(1) Fails to comply with the assigned work requirement; and/or

(2) Refuses to cooperate with the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration.

20 CAR § 503-1516. Compliance with the Office of Child Support Enforcement.

(a) The participant will be required to comply with the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration.

(b) Failure to comply without good cause will result in a twenty-five percent (25%) sanction being imposed.

(c) This sanction is an automatic system-generated sanction and requires no action on the part of the Program Eligibility Specialist.

20 CAR § 503-1517. Good cause for work noncompliance.

(a) The sanction process will not be applied if the person demonstrates that he or she had good cause for not complying.

(b)(1) The determination of good cause is a decision made by each local office.

(2) For acceptable good cause reasons, refer to 20 CAR § 503-224(c).

(c) Note. Good cause months are classified as noncompliance and could result in case closure when determining if a participant has failed to comply for three (3) consecutive months or failed to comply for at least three (3) months out of the past six (6) months.

20 CAR § 503-1518. Determining good cause for work noncompliance.

(a) Once failure to comply with Arkansas Work Pays Program requirements has been established, the following procedures will be followed: