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North Carolina

20 the report month. Participants who receive Diversion Assistance are not included in the calculations for any of the other measures. They also do not count in the Work Participation Rate.

2. Participants with Hours Scheduled

This measure represents the number of adults in the Work First caseload who are actively receiving employment services as indicated by having hours scheduled for them in the report month.

3. Participants Who Completed 75% of Scheduled Hours

This measure indicates whether participants are completing the hours that are scheduled for them (calculated in the prior measure). Specifically it measures the number of participants who completed at least 75% of the hours that were scheduled. Significant differences between the number of participants with scheduled hours and those with completed hours may help counties identify when more research is needed to determine why participants are not completing hours and what can be done to help them do so.

4. Adults Entering Employment

This measure calculates the number of adults who entered employment during the report month. Individuals are only counted once in the year-to-date total.

5. Remaining off Work First for Employment for 12 Months

The calculation for this measure is checked each month to see if the person returned to the Work First Cash Assistance program in any of the 12 previous months. If the individual has not returned to the Work First Cash Assistance program in any of the 12 previous months (after leaving Work First for employment), the individual will be counted in this total.