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∙ of those participants, which ones have enough excused hours that will, if counted, allow them to meet their monthly participation requirement; and ∙ of those participants, which ones have enough hours remaining in their 80-hour counter that equals or exceeds to the number of excused hours needed to meet their monthly federal [PROGRAM COMPONENTS: TANF WORK ACTIVITIES DEFINED]

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participation requirement; then ∙ for those participants who met all of the above criteria, the MDHS case manager will enter the appropriate number of hours needed in the EX HRS COUNTED field on the ARPW screen prior to the participation report run date (end of the month for the previous month.) No more than 16 excused hours can be counted in any participation report month. Entering the minimum number of hours will ensure that the 80-hour limit is maximized. Anytime hours are entered in the EX HRS COUNTED field, JAWS will “look back” at the prior 11 participation report months and the current “processing” month to determine the total number of hours used. If more than 16 hours are entered for the report month, JAWS will display the “NO MORE THAN 16 EXCUSED HOURS CAN BE COUNTED IN A REPORT MONTH” error message and prohibit the case manager from exceeding the 16-hour limit. If 80 hours have been reported, JAWS will display the “CANNOT EXCEED 80 EXCUSED HOURS COUNTED IN A 12- MONTH PERIOD” error message and prohibit the case manager from entering any additional hours. Once a total of 80 hours has been reported in any 12-month period, JAWS will not allow any hours to be entered in the EX HRS COUNTED field until sufficient months “roll off” and additional hours are available. JAWS will keep track and display the total number of excused hours reported to date for the current 12-month period. JAWS will keep track of the total number of excused hours counted to date for the current 12- month period (processing month and prior 11 report months) and display the total in the 80-HR COUNTER field on the Component Attendance Report (SCAR) screen pop-up window (ARPW). This figure will increase as additional hours are used and decrease as months/hours “roll off” and additional hours become available. The MDHS case manager will review the counter when entering weekly attendance data to stay abreast of each participant’s current status. A participant whose counter equals 80 will not be eligible for excused hours to be counted until the counter drops below