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To comply with FSET work registration requirements, recipients must commit to the following activities: • respond to requests from the employment and training component for information regarding employment status or availability for work; • participate in work activities upon notification to do so by the Department; • report to an employer, to whom they are referred, if the potential employment is at a wage equal to or greater than the applicable minimum wage; and • accept a bona fide offer of suitable employment at a wage equal to or greater than the applicable minimum wage WORK PARTICIPATION ALLOWANCE 1.4

TANF The mandatory work program to which an applicant/recipient is assigned shall reimburse him/her in the form of a work participation allowance not to exceed $10 per day of participation. This allowance is designed to reimburse the participant for employment or training-related expenses such as travel, meals away from home, and transportation to and from the employment or training site. These are excludable reimbursements which shall not be considered income (see Section 4.50.2: Training Expense Allowances/Stipends in Part VI). FS Mandatory recipients who participate in work or work-related activities shall be reimbursed by the FSET program for the actual costs of transportation and other costs (excluding dependent care costs) that are necessary and directly related to participation in FSET up to $25 per participant per month. These are excludable reimbursements which shall not be considered income (see Section 4.50.2: Training Expense Allowances/Stipends in Part VI).

WORK ACTIVITIES 1.5

TANF One and two-parent households are required to participate in an allowable work activity as follows: Effective October 1, 1999 Single-Parent Caretaker Group No Children Under 6 Two-Parent Household Single-Parent/ Caretaker Group w/ a Child Under Six** Year Weekly Monthly Weekly Monthly Year Monthly 2000+ 30 120 35/55* 140/220* 20 80