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COMBINED MANUAL

ISSUE DATE 10/2019

UNIVERSAL PARTICIPATION PROVISIONS

0028.06.02

OR ● The 1st day of the month after the specific number of months of the lifetime limit the parent chose to use.

TEEN PARENTS

The ES exemption to care for a child under the age of 12 months is NOT available to minor parents under age 18, or 18- or 19- year old parents without a high school diploma or its equivalent and who choose an employment plan with an education option. Such parents may choose to claim a 6-week exemption from attending school to care for a child under 6 weeks.

However, 18- or 19-year-old parents without a high school diploma or its equivalent who choose an employment plan with a work option may choose to claim the child under 12 months ES exemption.

DWP: All caregivers eligible for DWP are required to participate in Employment Services except in the following 2 situations:

● A 1-parent household that includes a child under the age of 12 months (with no other DWP exclusion reason) is NOT eligible for DWP unless the parent has already used all the 12 months lifetime ES exemption. Such cases should be converted to MFIP.

● A 2-parent household that includes a child under the age of 12 months, with no other DWP exclusion reason, MUST participate in DWP. If the parents have NOT already used all of the months of the 12-month lifetime limit between them while previously on MFIP or DWP, 1-parent in any 1 month, is allowed to claim the child under 12 months ES exemption.

SNAP, MSA, GA, GRH: No provisions.