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• Parents whose youngest child is over the age of 12 months.

• VISTA volunteers and other volunteers participating in activities under the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993, such as AmeriCorps.

• Both parents in two-parent families, unless exempt because one parent is caring for a disabled child or household member, will be referred to the TANF Work Program.

• Individuals who are employed part-time (working less than 35 hours per week) or full-time (working 35 or more hours per week).

• Teen parent heads-of-household (under age 20) will be referred to the TANF Work Program, once the child is 12 weeks of age. Teen parents will be required to participate in educational activities if they have not completed high school or received a GED. Refer to Chapter 3, Teen Parents, for additional and more detailed information.

NOTE: A minor parent under age 18, who is a dependent in a TANF case rather than the head- ofhousehold, may be referred to the TANF Work Program as a MV-minor volunteer if supportive services (child care and transportation only if needed to transport the child to daycare) are needed to remain in school. Refer to Chapter 3, Teen Parents and Volunteers, for additional and more detailed information.

• Individuals who are incapacitated or report they are unable to work will be referred to TWP for assistance in gaining access to services available through the Department of Rehabilitation Services, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. The TWP Program Status Code for these individuals will be VR-vocational rehabilitation. Refer to Chapter 3, Referral of Incapacitated Adults, for additional and more detailed information. Individuals who are determined ineligible for VR services will be referred back to the eligibility worker and may be eligible for the JB code if all of the eligibility criteria for receiving the JB exemption are met.

• Individuals who are disqualified from TANF for enumeration, school attendance or failure to report a child not in the home (coded DI), unless the citizenship code is IA-ineligible alien.