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Volume III | Chapter 9

9067 MISSISSIPPI [ PROGRAM COMPONENTS: TANF WORK ACTIVITES DEFINED]

Revised 08 - 01 - 12 total hours (actual, excused, holiday) are less than the minimum needed for the individual to meet his/her monthly participation requirement. Attendance entered for the JRA/OTH component will not count in the participation rate calculation and will not count against the individual’s 120/180 limit. NOTE: JAWS will not allow the case manager to go to the next week without adding attendance data for the current week. If the component/session is equal to JRA/JRA or JRA/OTH and a “Y” is entered in the “Build the next attendance week” field, JAWS will display a record for the next week without entering any attendance data for the current week. This field will default to “N” and will be protected for all other components except AWEP and community service. Case managers must use extreme caution when entering job readiness/job search participation data. There are no system edits to prompt case managers to enter attendance data under the appropriate component. Entering attendance data under the incorrect component will have a negative impact on the participation rate and the 120/180-hour limitation during any 12-month period. NOTE: Authorization of the participation stipend for participation in job readiness/job search activities may be delayed depending on the data entry process used by the county. Counties that choose to “hold” weekly attendance data until sufficient hours are available for the participant to meet his/her monthly participation requirements will cause authorization of the participation stipend to be delayed. In this situation, the case manager will inform the participant of this procedure and provide a time line as to when the participant can expect to receive the participation stipend (third week or first week of the following month). JAWS Data Entry Examples The following examples demonstrate various ways to enter JRA/JRA and JRA/OTH attendance data in order to maximize the 120-/180-hour allowance during a 12-month period and how to avoid the four-week limitation during a five-week month. NOTE: Weekly JAWS attendance hours must be equal to the hours reported on the hard copy documentation. Attendance earned in week one cannot be entered for week two, etc. Job readiness/job search activities are scheduled for 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week. The weeks counted in participation are shaded to show that no more than four weeks are consecutive. Example 1 5-Week Month - Participant needs 100 hours to count in participation for the report month. Client is scheduled to participate 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week. Client participated 40 hours each week for a total of 200 hours for the month. Component Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Total Hrs. JRA/JRA 40 40 20 0 0 100