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| pg. 469 8. Providing Child Care Services to an Individual Who is Participating in a Community Service Program; and, 9. Post-Secondary Education. Non-Core Activities: 1. Job Skills Training Directly Related to Employment; 2. Education Directly Related to Employment; and, 3. Satisfactory Attendance at Secondary School or in a Course of Study Leading to a Certificate of General Equivalence. Sanctions Non-cooperation with the program requirements will result in the following sanctions: 1. ADC cash assistance will be reduced by $50 for each dependent child who fails to attend school if the student’s parent has not taken reasonable steps to encourage the child to remain in school. 2. Non-cooperation with Child Support Enforcement will result in a 25 percent reduction in the ADC cash payment and the removal of the sanctioned individual’s needs from the medical unit. 3. Refusal to apply for potential income will result in the suspension or closure of the ADC case. 4. Failure of a needy caretaker relative, guardian, or conservator to participate in the Employment First program results in the removal of the individual’s needs from the ADC unit. The sanction will last until the failure to participate ceases. 5. Failure of a dependent child aged 16, 17, or 18 to attend school without participating in any other Employment First approved work activity results in removal of the child’s needs from the ADC unit. The sanction will last until the failure to participate ceases. 6. If the parent(s) fails to participate in the Employment First program, the result is the loss of ADC cash assistance for the entire family. The length of this sanction is:

a. The first sanction will last one month or until the failure to cooperate ceases, whichever is longer. b. The second sanction will last three months or until the failure to cooperate ceases, whichever is longer. c. The third and subsequent sanctions will last 12 months or until the failure to cooperate ceases, whichever is longer. Documentation 1. Identifying work-eligible individuals - In the process of gathering data for the ACF-199 we first determine the adult’s status in the TANF case. Work-eligible individuals are: a. An adult recipient of cash assistance from TANF or SSP-MOE funds. b. A minor parent recipient who is head-of-household