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Volume III | Chapter 9 NOTE: Up to one hour of unsupervised study time for each classroom hour and the actual time spent in monitored, supervised study sessions may be counted as TWP participation if it is documented and validated via form MDHS-EA-356 by the MDES interviewer. The combined total of supervised and unsupervised study time allowed each week cannot exceed the total weekly study time recommended by the educational institution /program via MDHS-EA-352.

Attendance documentation for participants assigned to other work activities, in addition to vocational education, will be verified and reported by the work site sponsor. The work site sponsor must adhere to the documentation and verification procedures for recording, maintaining, and reporting attendance data described for each work activity. The MDES interview will notify the MDHS case manager if any attendance problems occur which may cause the TWP participation to be conciliated. Incomplete/inaccurate information and suspected fraud due to falsification of information are also grounds for conciliation. Vocational Education providers and contractors are responsible for providing daily supervision. The MDES interviewer will maintain contact with the provider while the participant is enrolled, as appropriate, but not less than monthly to verify attendance and satisfactory progress. Face-to-face contact with the participant must be scheduled as needed, but not less than monthly. Determining Hours and Reporting Attendance for Distance Learning Activities The case manager MDES interviewer, along with the participant and educational institution or internet provider, will determine the procedures to be followed for reporting weekly attendance data to the local county office. If the online course work is completed in an approved setting (WIN Center, library, community college, participant’s home, etc.), the following reporting options are available: ∙ The supervisor at each approved distance learning work site will maintain daily sign-in/signout sheets. Participants will be required to sign-in and enter their arrival and departure times each day of the week. The sign-in sheets will be reviewed, validated and signed by the supervisor and submitted to the local county office each Monday for the previous week; ∙ Each participant will maintain form MDHS-EA-356, Participant Attendance Report, submit an attendance report, as directed by the MDES interviewer, to document the actual time engaged in online course work for each day of the week. The MDHS-EA-356 must be reviewed and signed by the counselor or an authorized supervisor; or ∙ A participant enrolled in an internet-based or video conferencing program that is not connected to a local college or university in which an authorized supervisor is not available (participant’s

9087 MISSISSIPPI [ PROGRAM COMPONENTS: TANF WORK ACTIVITES DEFINED]

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