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PROJECTING ATTENDANCE FORWARD FOR PAID WORK ACTIVITIES The case manager will project forward TWP participation (attendance) for participants engaged in paid work activities up to a maximum of six (6) months at a time. Paid activities include unsubsidized employment, subsidized employment and on-the-job training. Attendance for transitional cases (UNS/TRN) will be projected up to a maximum of three (3) months. Continued employment and work hours will be re-verified during the last month of each 6 or 3- month projection time period. Wage forms and check stubs used to project TWP and TRN participation will be scanned to the participant’s electronic case record. NOTE: The first disregard month and the first projected attendance month may not be the same. The first disregard month will be the month the earned income causes or would have caused, if reported timely, the individual to be ineligible for TANF benefits. Applications A TANF applicant who finds employment during the 30-day TANF application processing period, and the earned income will cause TANF ineligibility, may have the application approved using the three-month total earned income disregard (3D), if otherwise eligible, depending upon the specific rules for receiving 3D. Any 3D months used will count in the 60-month counter. If the application is approved with 3D, the first month of ineligibility will be the first 3D month. The case will be referred to JAWS in OPen status, and the worker will use the wage verification form, completed by the employer, to calculate the participation hours to be projected for the initial 3month projection period. During the last month of the projection period, JAWS will automatically generate the Request for Employment Verification (T024) notice requesting current check stubs by the 10th of the following month. The check stubs will be used to verify continued employment, work hours, and to calculate TWP participation for a new projection period if the TANF case remains open. NOTE: Wage forms and check stubs will be maintained in the electronic case record. Example: TANF application received on September 2. Applicant starts to work on September 7. Application is worked and approved in October. The income causes ineligibility for TANF benefits. The applicant is eligible for and chooses to use the 3D. The first disregard month is October. The first projected attendance month is October. Example: TANF application received on September 2. Applicant starts to work on September 5. The first check is received September 13. The application is worked and approved in September. September’s income will not cause TANF ineligibility. Income anticipated for October will cause TANF ineligibility. The applicant is eligible for and chooses to use the 3D. The first

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