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employer $0.50. The maximum hourly rate paid to the employee that may be subsidized is $20.00, and the employee may work no more than 40 hours/week. Employers also are reimbursed 14% of the subsidized wages to cover the cost of training and other employment-related costs and overhead expenses. Additionally, the State provides SEE employees supportive service payments such as transportation and child care assistance. a) Participants Employed Through the SEE Program: SFY 2023 = 135 employed (unduplicated) FTW participants SFY 2024 = 101 employed (unduplicated) FTW participants b) Average Work Hours and Wage: SFY 2023 = Average of 32 hours/week for an average wage of $15.35/hour SFY 2024 = Average of 31 hours/week for an average wage of $17.10/hour c) Transitioned from Subsidized to Unsubsidized Employment: SFY 2023 = 0% transitioned from SEE to unsubsidized employment SFY 2024 = 1% transitioned from SEE to unsubsidized employment There is a workforce demand by employers to hire for their vacant positions. Employers opted to hire participants directly into unsubsidized employment by passing the opportunity to subsidize their vacant positions. d) Businesses Participated in the SEE Program: Please refer to Attachment 3, Supporting Employment Empowerment (SEE) Program Participating Hawaii Businesses. SFY 2023 = 214 SEE employers SFY 2024 = 80 SEE employers

6. Work Participation Rates The Federal government mandates that states meet two work participation rates as a condition of receiving and expending TANF Federal Block Grant and State Maintenance of Effort (MOE) requirements. a) All-Family Participation Rate of 50%: Of all TANF recipient cases that have at least one work-eligible individual who is complying with their federally mandated work activities. The 50% compliance rate for the All-Family Participation Rate is the federal baseline before factoring in the caseload reduction credit, the credit to the State for declining assistance caseloads.1 Hawaii's Caseload Reduction Credit