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refusals to accept a bona fide offer of employment or training. Stepparent Situations When stepparent families apply, assistance to the non-PWE parent and his or her children should not be denied solely due to waiting for the 30-day period of unemployment to be met. In these situations, the TANF case may be approved for the other parent and children who are deprived for reasons other than unemployment of the PWE. The PWE, his/her children, and any common child(ren) deprived due to the unemployment of the PWE may be added to the grant effective the month after the 30 day period of unemployment is met. EXAMPLE: Application is made July 23 for husband, wife, common child, and her child from a previous marriage. The basis of deprivation is unemployment of the

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