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If a nonexempt individual reapplies on or after the 15th of the last month of the sanction period, the eligibility worker will work through the TANF application in MAVERICS, creating an Up Front Job Search/Voc Rehab referral. The case manager must pull the referral to JAWS to complete the orientation/assessment process and begin Up Front Job Search/VocRehab. The Up Front Job Search/Voc/Rehab referral must be coded Fully Complete (FC) to generate a compliance record back to MAVERICS that will allow the application to be approved and TANF benefits authorized. EXAMPLE: If the individual is sanctioned for the months of October September to and November and reapplies for benefits on November 15, the eligibility worker will work through the TANF application creating a referral to be pulled to JAWS in a “REceived” status. The case manager will fully complete the TWP intake and Up Front Job Search process and enter the appropriate completion code for UJS. JAWS will send the compliance or non-compliance record to MAVERICS. At this point, the individual has not been approved for TANF benefits and cannot receive supportive services while in “REceive” status. An individual who is sanctioned and successfully completes the Up Front Job Search/Voc Rehab process will be eligible to receive TANF benefits, if otherwise eligible, the first month after the month in which compliance was received. • If an individual, sanctioned for of October September to and November, completes Up Front Job Search/Voc Rehab in November, the individual may be eligible for TANF benefits on December 1. The TANF application can be approved effective the month following the sanction end date, if the Up Front Job Search/Voc Rehab process is successfully completed after the sanction end date. The SNAP case can be approved prior to the Up Front Job Search/Voc Rehab process being completed. The TANF recipient(s) can be added back to the SNAP household for the month following the sanction end date. The CM will be allowed to send an exemption request for an individual in “REceived” status. Fully Completing Up Front Job Search/Voc Rehab

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When the individual successfully completes the Up Front Job Search/Voc Rehab process, JAWS will send a compliance record to MAVERICS. If the compliance is received within the 10 days allowed to complete Up Front Job Search and it is determined the applicant is eligible for benefits, the supervisor must approve the case and the individual will be referred to JAWS in an OPen status for immediate participation in the TANF Work Program. The CM will also refer the individual to MISSISSIPPI [ CONCILIATION, GOOD CAUSE AND ADVERSE ACTION: ADVERSE ACTION]