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The case manager will ensure accurate attendance information is entered in JAWS timely to ensure continuity of supportive services and work activity credit in the State’s participation rate calculation. Individuals who cannot be placed in job readiness/job search within the first 30 days will be assigned to another allowable activity until they can be placed in job readiness/job search. Individuals who cannot immediately be placed in job readiness/job search will be placed in one of the following activities: • Short-term vocational educational activities. TANF imposes a 12-month lifetime time limit for any individual in vocational education activities. • Alternative Work Experience Program (AWEP) with a private non-profit entity. • Community service with a public entity. Individual placements in AWEP and community service activities may continue until the case manager is prepared to place the individual into job readiness/job search or employment. The length of these placements will be determined by the expected date of placement in job readiness/job search, but should not exceed six-months per federal fiscal year. The case manager must determine placement dates in job readiness/job search. Individuals placed in short-term vocational education activities will be allowed to complete the assignment. The case manager must contact the WIN Job Center, community colleges and other training programs in the area to obtain a listing of available training classes and the expected start and end dates of these classes. Using this information, the case manager will determine whether it is feasible to assign participants to short-term vocational education classes or community service/work experience programs. The case manager should never assign a participant to a vocational education class if the end date of that class conflicts with the start date of job readiness and the participant will not be allowed to complete the training.

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EXAMPLE: If the individual can be placed in job readiness/job search within 30 days, the work experience or training activity assignment must not exceed 30 days. If the individual is to be placed in job readiness/job search within 90 days, the activity assignment must not exceed 90 days. The case manager must determine and coordinate placement dates in job readiness/job search. Placing Employed Individuals in Job Readiness/Job Search Participants who are working 35 or more hours per week (32 under certain circumstances) and earning at or above the federal minimum hourly wage are considered to be employed full-time. Part-Time Employment Participants who are already working part-time will be placed in job search activities for additional hours to find a full-time job or a job which pays higher wages. Prior to placement in job 9165 MISSISSIPPI [ PROGRAM COMPONENTS: COORDINATION OF SERVICES]

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