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followed to initiate training course: The case manager or job readiness trainer/employment coordinator will identify training necessary to meet the requirements of an employer and/or job. The case manager or job readiness trainer/employment coordinator will contact the Economic Assistance Job Development Unit for approval of the training program and to interface with the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges to arrange the training class. The case manager must coordinate supportive services. The county director or his/her designee may initiate/identify employer related training needs and contact the Job Development Unit for approval of the training program and to interface with the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges to arrange the training class. The county director/designee must ensure coordination with the appropriate job readiness trainer/employment coordinator and upon completion of the training program the case manager will refer participants to the JRT for placement services. The State Board for Community and Junior Colleges will arrange a training class and notify the Job Development Unit when they are ready for referrals. The Job Development Unit will contact the case manager or job readiness trainer/employment coordinator to begin the referral process. The job readiness trainer/employment coordinator will: ▸ Notify the case manager about the new training site and the need for supportive services (child care and transportation). ▸ Work with case management to select the TWP participants to be referred to the training site. The case manager will place the TWP participant in the appropriate activity (vocational education, job skills training, etc.) and monitor the participant’s participation. Volume III | Chapter 9 • The case manager will refer the participant back to the job readiness trainer for placement services, once the training course is complete. Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES) As a condition of TANF eligibility, all nonexempt adult TANF applicants will be referred to the local WIN Job Center to register for work and participate in Up-Front Job Search activities during the 30day TANF application processing period. TANF applicants who are approved and referred back to case management for participation in the TANF Work Program will be required to follow- up with the local WIN Job Center to inquire about potential employment and/or training opportunities. TWP participants will not be placed in AWEP, community service or subsidized employment when: Any other individual is on layoff from the same or any substantially equivalent job; or 9185