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towards employment and are qualified work activities to meet the federal monthly participation standard. Qualified work activities are separated into core work activities or non-core work activities: • A single participant with a child aged five or less must engage in core work activities at least 20 hours per week (multiplied by 4.3 = 86 hours per month). A single participant with a child aged six or older must engage in core work activities at least 20 hours per week (multiplied by 4.3 = 86 hours per month) with 10 additional hours per week comprised of core or non-core activities (multiplied by 4.3 = 43) for a combined total of 129 hours per month.

• Requirements for two-parent families vary from 30 to 50 core hours per week, dependent upon the receipt of federally funded childcare.

• For families not receiving federally funded childcare, the monthly participation standard is 151 hours: 129 (30 per week) in a core activity and 22 (5 per week) in either a core or non-core activity.

• For families receiving federally funded childcare, the monthly participation standard is 237 hours: 215 (50 per week) in a core activity and 22 (5 per week) in either a core or non-core activity.

• Pursuant to the New Mexico Works Act, participants may engage in certain work progran1 activities for longer than is federally allowed. Such persons are not reported by the state as participants for the purposes of federal reporting for longer than is federally allowed.

Core Work Activities: A participant may engage in one or more of the following activities in a month: • Unsubsidized employment, including self-employment. • Subsidized private sector employment. • Subsidized public sector employment. • Work experience-monthly hours limited to Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). • On-the-job training • Job search and work readiness assistance; Job search hours are limited to no more than 20 hours per week and 120 hours within the preceding 12-month period for a work eligible single custodial parent with a child under the age of six and 30 hours a week and 180 hours (the equivalent of six weeks) within the preceding 12-month period for all other work eligible individuals. A participant can be placed in this activity for no more than four consecutive weeks. A week constitutes seven days and the first day of the first week being the first day in which job search and/or work readiness is used. o If NM would be determined as needy state by USDOH the maximum numbers of hours allowed for participation is as follows:  Single parent with a child underage of six cannot participate for more than 80 consecutive hours and not to exceed 240 hours in the preceding 12 months; and  A single parent with a dependent child over age six cannot participate for more than