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MISSISSIPPI [ PROGRAM COMPONENTS: TANF WORK ACTIVITIES DEFINED]

Revised 11-01-17 The following allowable activities are defined as core activities: 1. Unsubsidized employment 2. Subsidized private employment 3. Subsidized public employment 4. Work experience 5. On-the-job training 6. Job readiness/job search 120/180 hour maximum in any 12-month period and no more than four consecutive weeks) 7. Community service 8. Vocational education training (12-month lifetime limit) 9. Providing child care for an individual in community service The following allowable activities are defined as non-core activities: 1. Job skills training directly related to employment 2. Education directly related to employment 3. Attendance in secondary school/GED program (Exception: countable as a core activity for participants under age 20.) Core and non-core activities may be coupled to ensure a participant’s scheduled weekly hours are sufficient to meet the participant’s monthly federal participation requirement and to meet the requirements of the participant’s employability development plan (EDP). CORE TANF WORK ACTIVITIES DEFINED Nine (9) of the twelve (12) defined work activities are considered core activities. Three (3) of the nine (9) core activities are paid work activities, and the other six (6) are non-paid work activities.

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MISSISSIPPI [ PROGRAM COMPONENTS: TANF WORK ACTIVITIES DEFINED]

Revised 11-01-17 The following allowable activities are defined as core activities: 1. Unsubsidized employment 2. Subsidized private employment 3. Subsidized public employment 4. Work experience 5. On-the-job training 6. Job readiness/job search 120/180 hour maximum in any 12-month period and no more than four consecutive weeks) 7. Community service 8. Vocational education training (12-month lifetime limit) 9. Providing child care for an individual in community service The following allowable activities are defined as non-core activities: 1. Job skills training directly related to employment 2. Education directly related to employment 3. Attendance in secondary school/GED program (Exception: countable as a core activity for participants under age 20.) Core and non-core activities may be coupled to ensure a participant’s scheduled weekly hours are sufficient to meet the participant’s monthly federal participation requirement and to meet the requirements of the participant’s employability development plan (EDP). CORE TANF WORK ACTIVITIES DEFINED Nine (9) of the twelve (12) defined work activities are considered core activities. Three (3) of the nine (9) core activities are paid work activities, and the other six (6) are non-paid work activities.