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9064 activities include looking for suitable job openings, making contact with potential employers, applying for vacancies, and interviewing for jobs. The job readiness trainer/employment coordinator will provide daily supervision, including daily responsibility for oversight of an individual’s participation. This does not necessarily mean daily contact with the participant but includes access to a staff person who can be contacted to report progress or seek additional guidance as needed before the next regularly scheduled contact. Face- toface contact must be scheduled on a weekly basis. Job Club Activities Job Club activities may be scheduled to discuss the successes and difficulties job seekers encountered during their job search activities; to share job leads; and to provide group support. Documentation of job search activities can be turned in at job club meetings, and form the basis for both the group discussion as well as the planning for other job search activities. The level of structure in the job club may vary greatly and can be tailored to meet the needs of job seekers. Random Reviews of Job Search Activities The case manager/job readiness trainer must randomly select one employer contact per week, per participant and follow-up (visit or phone call) with the employer to verify the documented information, confirm completed job interviews, and other related measures for all participants who must receive participation credit (attendance) for job search activities in order to meet their monthly participation requirement and be counted in the numerator (clients meeting participation) for the participation report month. Random reviews must be completed for all participants who fail to meet their required participation hours through job readiness and job club activities for the report month prior to entering attendance data in JAWS. Random reviews of job search activities will not be required for participants who meet their required monthly participation hours through participation in job readiness and job club activities. That is, for a four-week month, the case manager/job readiness trainer is not required to complete random reviews of job search activities for participants who are required to participate 20 hours per week and meet or exceed the 80-hour requirement for the report month through participation in job readiness and job club activities. In this situation, time spent in job search activities cannot be entered in JAWS. NOTE: If the time a participant spends in job search activities is not validated and entered in

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Revised 08-01-12 JAWS, the JAWS system will not allow the case manager to authorize the participation stipend.