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(c) (1)If documentation is not provided by the due date and all other eligibility requirements have been met, the application will be approved with a 25% noncompliance sanction. (2) After the case has been approved, the 25% applicant job search sanction will be lifted at any time the recipient is complying with an assigned work activity. (d)(1) If an applicant obtains a job during the application process, job search documentation will not be required. (2) At this point, the eligibility worker should discuss possible alternatives to ongoing cash assistance. (3) If the applicant chooses to continue processing the application, then countable earned income will be considered to determine the family’s income eligibility. (f)(1) If an applicant is not job-ready (meaning, has good cause for failure to cooperate), he or she will not be required to comply with the applicant job search requirement. (2) Good cause for failure to cooperate with applicant job search includes, but is not limited to:

(A) childcare barriers;

(B) transportation barriers;

(C) physical or mental health;

(D) education or job training barriers; and

(E) physical, mental, job-skill barriers, or other barriers that prevent employment.