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[TANF WORK PROGRAM- Volume III | Chapter 10

[TANF WORK PROGRAM-PAYMENT PROCESS: MISSISSIPPI SUPPORTIVE SERVICES]

10094 PAYMENT PROCESS: SUPPORTIVE SERVICES]

Revised 04-01-12

MILITARY LEAVE (Transitional Service Only) Military Leave is a provision to ensure individuals who have transitioned off TANF and are receiving work stipends do not lose eligibility if they are ordered to active duty and comply with the reemployment constraints of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). Individuals receiving work stipends, who are called to active military duty, shall remain eligible to receive stipends once they are discharged and return to work in accordance with the USERRA constraints. Continued eligibility will be based on the following: 1. The individual must provide advance notification (written or verbal) to the employer regarding leave to perform active military service. 2. The individual must provide a copy of the orders to report to active duty to verify the active duty start date. 3. The individual must provide a copy of the discharge orders or form DD-214 to verify the active duty end date. 4. The individual must have been discharged/released from service under honorable or general conditions. 5. The individual must go back to work (reemployed with previous employer or finds another job) in accordance with the time constraints prescribed by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), Chapter 43 of the Title 38, U. S. Code. Reemployment is strictly based on the duration of the uniformed service. Periods of military service and the time constraints are as follows: