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illiteracy, drug and alcohol problems, mental health barriers, and/or physical/mental disabilities) and may include such activity components as pre-employment job coaching and mentoring (modeled after successful programs in the mental health and developmental disabilities field). 1. The Division of Family Development's Welfare to Work Disability Case Management Initiative provides rehabilitation services to WFNJ recipients identified as having barriers to employment related to a disability. This initiative provides a range of services to eligible participants which include vocational counseling, career guidance and specialized skills training. (j) Education directly related to employment is an activity involving a participant without a high school diploma or a general equivalence diploma (GED) in a course of study leading to a high school diploma or GED when combined with community work experience participation or other approved work activities, including employment. (k) Post-secondary educational opportunities directly related to employment shall be offered to recipients with a high school diploma or GED, when combined with community work experience participation or other approved work activities, including employment. 1. Post-secondary education are those professional and educational programs offered at colleges, mostly community colleges, and other post-high school institutions that lead to recognized careers for which there is or will be a demand in the New Jersey job market as published by the New Jersey Department of Labor. i. Post-secondary programs that may be of longer duration than two years in certain circumstances, shall lead to a recognized college credential such as a certificate, license, associate degree or other recognized college credential. (l) Satisfactory attendance at secondary school or in a course of study leading to a certificate of general equivalence is an activity that shall be utilized in the case of a recipient who is a teenage parent or a recipient under the age of 19 who is expected to graduate or complete their course of study by their 19th birthday. (m) Provision of child care services is an activity that involves the WFNJ recipient in the direct provision of child care services to another WFNJ individual who is participating in a community service program or other State approved employment-directed program. (n) The TANF Initiative for Parents (TIP) Program is an activity that offers comprehensive in-home visitation and/or in-community parenting, nutritional and support services including, but not limited to, parent education programs, interactive parent-child sessions, fatherhood services, and nutritional education, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 10:90-5.16. (o) Other work activities may be added to those set forth above in this section in order to comply with Federal or State laws and/or to maximize Federal funds. History

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