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• Attain and improve key work skills and attitudes needed for transitioning into the workplace. • Benefit from positive role models. • Increase self-esteem. • Enhance their resume.

CWEP assignments are limited to six (6) months per client in a thirty-six (36) month period, for ninety (90) days at a time. Additional months must be approved by state policy in advance of any additional months being assigned.

ABAWD’s may participate in up to thirty (30) consecutive calendar days of Supervised Job Search as part of their CWEP assignment following their initial SNAP certification but prior to placement at CWEP site. Participants are considered participating and complying with IMPACT during this Supervised Job Search period and fulfilling the ABAWD work requirement if they are meeting their household’s calculated CWEP participation hours.

Community Work Experience Program (CWEP) and Work Experience (WE) Job Request forms must be completed before a site is active. The site will remain active until IMPACT staff or site management ends the agreement. The CWEP site manager agrees the site will: • Provide a sanitary and non-hazardous work environment that ensures the health and safety of participants with the same health and safety standards established under state and federal laws for employees. • CWEP participants will not be placed on assignments that replace or prevent the employment of regular employees and assignments provide the same benefits and working conditions provided to regular employees performing comparable work for comparable hours. o If a union position, all union rules, and contractual agreements must be followed. • CWEP participants will not be involved in any unethical, political, or religious activities. • CWEP participants will be provided adequate supervision and training necessary for performing the job duties. • Provide a description of duties the participant will be expected to perform, including the frequency of the activities. • Complete IMPACT attendance and evaluation forms and provide them at least monthly to the local IMPACT office. 2540.10.30.10

DETERMINING CWEP PARTICIPATION HOURS

CWEP hours can be stacked with part-time employment. Hours are separated per activity and the number of hours included in the weekly participation requirement may not be less than the hours determined by the CWEP formula, less the number exceeds the weekly "core” requirement and should be clearly explained in case.

For TANF recipients, child support collected by Indiana is included in determining the maximum number of participation hours. The formula below must be used to calculate the maximum number of monthly participation hours: • Determine the amount of child support received by IV-D in the prior month even if the family was not on TANF in that month.