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[PROGRAM COMPONENTS: TANF WORK ACTIVITIES DEFINED]
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HOLIDAYS AND EXCUSED ABSENCES FOR UNPAID WORK ACTIVITIES Ten (10) state defined holidays and a maximum of 80 excused absences may be counted as TWP participation for individuals participating in unpaid allowable work activities. Unpaid work activities include job readiness, job search, AWEP, community service, and educational activities (vocational, high school, GED, ABE, etc.) The Attendance Report Pop-Up Window (ARPW) screen will be used to document the participant’s scheduled hours for each day of the week and to report the actual hours worked and the hours absent, along with the appropriate absent code. The valid absent codes are “E-excused,” “U- unexcused” and “H-holiday.” Hours absent that are coded “H-holiday” and any “E-excused” hours that are entered in the EX HRS COUNTED field on the ARPW screen will be included in the participation rate calculation. Holidays A holiday is defined as any assigned/scheduled hours or day on which a participant is excused from scheduled work activity assignments due to a state defined holiday in conjunction with the provider’s previously established and documented leave policy. The case manager MDES interviewer must obtain documentation from the component provider that specifies the holidays observed by the provider. Participants will receive participation credit for hours scheduled and not attended due to one of the 10 designated holidays listed below. Attendance reported for any part of a designated holiday (30 minutes, one hour, six hours, etc.) will count as one of the 10 days allowed. JAWS will keep track of the 10 designated holidays and will not allow the case manager to code any day other than the 10 days listed below as a “H-holiday.” The State has defined and designated the following 10 days as allowable holidays: January 1 New Year’s Day The Third Monday of January Birthday of Robert E. Lee/Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. One Friday in March or April Good Friday The Last Monday of May National Memorial Day and Jefferson Davis’ Birthday July 4 Independence Day The First Monday of September Labor Day The Thursday Observed as Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Day Volume III | Chapter 9 9132