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Volume III | Chapter 8 All TWP applicants will complete the TWP Work Registration process which requires the Revised 11-01-17

applicant to register with Mississippi Works at www.mdes.ms.gov and provide verification to the MDHS case manager within 10 days. When possible allow the applicant to complete this process the same day as TWP orientation. Applicants may use the public terminals at the MDHS county office to register with Mississippi Works, complete the profile information and print the profile page to verify registration was completed. If the TWP participant has previously registered with Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES), the individual must update their profile information and print the profile page for verification. The TWP applicant, if non-exempt, should also be given the option of choosing his/her WIN Job Center location at the orientation appointment. The WIN Job Center location selected will become the applicant’s/recipient’s service center for ongoing TWP service.

Once verification of registration is provided and the WIN Job Center location has been selected by the applicant, the MDHS case manager will complete the following on the Maintain Upfront Job Search (MUJS) screen in JAWS:

• Enter “Y” in the Referred to MDES field. • Enter the current date in the Start Date field. • Enter “Y” in the MDES Assignment Completed field. • In the Comments field enter “TWP participant has completed the registration process with Mississippi Works and provided verification of registration. The (enter site location) WIN Job Center location has been selected by the TWP participant”. • Enter “FC” for Fully Complied in the UJS Completion Code field.

Office of Vocational Rehabilitation

TANF applicants and recipients who have been determined to be incapacitated (eligible for the JB code) or who report they are unable to work will be required to apply for Vocational rehabilitation (VR) services and complete the VR intake process. TANF applicants are required to meet with a VR counselor and complete the VR intake process before their TANF application can be approved, if otherwise eligible. TANF recipients who were not referred to VR during the TANF application period will be referred at their next regularly scheduled TANF redetermination appointment. TANF applicants and recipients who are referred to VR must take a copy of the MDHS-EA-331, Report of Medical Examination, Vocational Rehabilitation Referral, T022, along with any other medical documentation, to their VR appointment and present the paperwork to the VR Counselor. The VR Counselor will not interview a TANF applicant or recipient without the proper medical documentation.

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