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participation requirement, the case manager MDES interviewer must couple the vocational

education component with another allowable work activity (part-time job or AWEP/community service). Once the 12-month, lifetime maximum allowed for vocational education is exhausted, additional time engaged in vocational education activities will be tracked as job skills training directly related to employment, a non-core activity. To be countable in the participation rate calculation, non-core activities must be coupled with a core activity meeting the 20 hours per week requirement. NOTE: Remember, Reporting any VOC/EDU hours on the Attendance Report Pop-Up Window (ARPW) screen in JAWS will count as one month against the 12-month lifetime limitation. Attendance Reporting Participant attendance data for vocational education activities coordinated through the Division of Economic Assistance, Policy Unit, will be documented via form MDHS-EA-356B, TWP Sign-In Sheet Bi-Weekly Attendance Report. The training instructor/supervisor will review and sign the time sheets to validate the data and submit the forms to the case manager as requested. The case manager will use the daily sign-in sheets to compile a MDHS-EA-356A, Work Program Attendance Report, and MDES is responsible for completing and submitting the MDHS-EA-356D timely to the designated MDHS case manager. The MDHS case manager will enter attendance data into JAWS. Participants engaged in self-initiated activities (certificate, associate or baccalaureate degree program) through community colleges, universities or other entities will use MDHS-EA-356, TWP Participant Attendance Report, to report attendance data report attendance data to the MDES interviewer. Each participant will be required to maintain MDHS-EA-356 to document the actual time spent in each vocational education activity on a daily basis. The MDHS-EA-356 will provide the participant’s name and social security number, the reporting period, a list of the activities (class title, lab title, study session, etc.), along with the time spent in each activity daily, weekly totals for each activity and the instructor’s/supervisor’s signature. The participant will submit a completed MDHS-EA-356 to case management each Monday for the previous week or as requested. The case manager will use the form to monitor weekly attendance, enter attendance data in JAWS and take any other case action(s) deemed necessary, e.g., randomly follow-up with instructor/ supervisor to verify signatures, set-up a conciliation for unsatisfactory attendance, incomplete/ inaccurate information or suspected fraud due to falsification of information, etc. The MDES interviewer will inform the TWP participant of the required documentation needed to report attendance. The TWP participant is required to report attendance information to the MDES interviewer. However, if any attendance reports are submitted to the local MDHS county office must be accepted and forwarded to MDES promptly. Volume III | Chapter 9 9086 MISSISSIPPI [ PROGRAM COMPONENTS: TANF WORK ACTIVITES DEFINED]

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