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Substance Abuse Counseling/Treatment — Treatment designed to help a recipient overcome a dependence on or addiction to drugs and/or alcohol. This is countable as a job search/job readiness activity for up to six weeks.

Life Skills Training — Training intended to help a recipient develop the skills necessary to manage activities that typify what is considered as normal daily life, enabling the client to function in society. This is countable as a job search/job readiness activity for up to six weeks.

Vocational Rehabilitation Services — Services provided to a recipient who has a disability, be it physical, mental, or emotional. These services assist the participant in overcoming barriers that interfere with the individual’s ability to work, thus enabling the client to achieve his/her employment goals. This is countable as a job search/job readiness activity for up to six weeks.

b. Non-Countable Activities

Placement in certain activities that do not count toward Georgia’s work participation rate may nevertheless be necessary to prepare the recipient for successful participation in countable work activities. Hours of participation in the following activities cannot count toward the federal work participation rate:

• Job search and job readiness training that continues after the six-week limit has been reached; • Vocational training in excess of the twelve-month limit; • Job readiness training independent of job search activity; • Assessment – An in-depth assessment intended to assist in the development of a reasonable work plan by considering a recipient’s abilities, disabilities, work history, and vocational interests; and • Parenting skills training intended to help a recipient develop the skills necessary to effectively care for his or her child.

TANF Purpose # 2: End the dependence of needy parents by promoting job preparation, work, and marriage. Funding Sources: State MOE and Federal TANF funds.

2. Sanctions

Sanctions are applied to those families that fail to meet the personal responsibilities and work requirements outlined in the TANF Family Service Plan (TFSP) — Work plan. Prior to the imposition of a sanction, the case manager should determine if the need for good cause exists. Good cause could include accommodation for language deficiencies, developmental disabilities, or other disabilities as recognized by the ADA. Good cause could also include a situation, event, or condition beyond the individual’s control, which prevents the individual from meeting one of those requirements. The sanctions are applied as follows:

• An initial failure to meet work requirements or stated obligations, without good cause,