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If an exempt or nonexempt recipient fails to comply with the requirements of his/her treatment plan after referral to the TANF Work Program, the case manager will not add a TWP conciliation record in the JAWS system. The worker must take action in JAWS to terminate the child care referral and take action in MAVERICS to apply the appropriate drug penalty. Refer to Sanction for NonCompliance above for additional and more detailed information. Transitional Services during Treatment TANF transitional supportive services are available for TANF recipients who are employed during treatment and the earned income causes ineligibility for TANF. Eligibility for TANF transitional supportive services will be based on current TWP policy and continued compliance with treatment program requirements. If noncompliance with treatment occurs, the individual will lose eligibility for any months remaining in the family’s TCC 24-month eligibility period and/or the family’s transitional transportation counter. The worker will take action to terminate TANF supportive services regardless of the individual’s employment status. The Maintain Participant Free-Form Remarks (PACR) screen in JAWS must be used to document the case record regarding this action. REFERABLE TANF APPLICANTS All adult TANF applicants who do not meet an exemption from work requirements will be referred to the TWP and required to participate, cooperate and comply with TANF Up Front requirements during the 30-day TANF application processing period. The TANF Up Front requirements include: screening for a substance abuse disorder, and referral to the WIN Job Center for job search requirements, or referral to the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation for assessment and services, if eligible. Registration The process for receiving and registering a TANF application has not changed. The clerk will continue to register the TANF application and schedule a TANF interview appointment within 10 days. At the time of registration, the clerk will inform the applicant about the TWP Work Registration requirements and provide a copy of the TWP Work Registration and Vocational Rehabilitation Informational Sheet (MDHS-EA-303B) and document page one of the MDHS- EA900 accordingly. The MDHS-EA-303B provides explanations, expectations about TWP Work Registration requirements, and informs the applicant that the TANF interview and TWP intake process may take about three hours to complete. The applicant should be encouraged, at that time, to Volume III | Chapter 3 3916