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STATE OF ARKANSAS TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES REVISED 2023 Page 20 of 46 that provides knowledge and skills essential to the full and adequate performance of the job. On-the-job training differs from subsidized employment in that the OJT employer receives a subsidy to help with costs associated with training. “Supported work” for individuals with disabilities is considered OJT if onsite training is included. 4.4.7 Community Service Community service is a structured program with activities designed to improve the employability of participants not otherwise able to obtain employment and must be supervised on an ongoing basis no less frequently than daily. Participation in Community Service enables participants with limited or no experience to learn valuable work habits and socialization skills that employers require of their workers. Community Service activities are performed with a government entity (city, county or state), or community and charitable organizations. 4.4.8 Work Experience Work Experience is supervised unpaid work in a public-sector or private- sector setting that allows participants to develop employment/job skills and improve work habits through time-limited unsalaried job training at a clearly defined, well-supervised training site. The Work Experience definition includes unpaid internships. Unpaid internships are short-term and usually part-time worksite learning assignments with a public or private organization that enhances the participant’s employability through skill building. The participant does not receive a wage. 4.4.9 Satisfactory Attendance at Secondary School As a condition of eligibility for TANF cash assistance, a teen parent who does not have a high school diploma or a GED will participate in this activity. This activity is defined as high school attendance or participation in a GED preparation class. 4.4.10 Providing Childcare Services to a Community Service Participant This is a defined, structured activity whereby a participant provides unpaid childcare to enable another TANF participant to participate in a community service program. This activity does not include providing childcare to a TANF participant participating in any activity other than community service nor allows one parent in a two-parent family provide childcare for his or her