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Division of Welfare and Supportive Services A-82111 Eligibility and Payments Manual EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING 16 May 01 MTL 01/16 Work Activities Leading To Economic Independence ● Self-Employment – Participants must complete and sign the Self- Employment Work Sheet (form #2011) or the Self-Employment/Tip Statement (form #2120) and provide documentation for income, and expenses claimed and paid. Documentation may consist of business records (i.e., income tracking record/calendar), signed statements from individuals purchasing services, invoices and receipts. Returned forms (2011 & 2120) must be copied to eligibility. ● Third Party Contact – A documented telephone call will be accepted as verification only if it is not possible to obtain a pay stub, the pay stub does not indicate the hours of work or if the information provided by the employer is incomplete. At a minimum, staff must document the date of the call, the name of the employer, the name and title and telephone number of the contact person, the actual hours worked and for what specified period of time. Staff must document their attempts to obtain pay stubs and the reason it is not available. Verification documents are to be kept in the casefile. Participant statements, without backup documentation, are not acceptable verification. (Exception: Self-employment Income. A daily income tracking document is acceptable such as the Self Employment Income/Tip Statement, Form-2120, other comparable income/tip statement or a calendar the client uses to track their revenue.) 821.4.1.4 Supervision – N/A 821.4.1.5 Activity Code: EM – Unsubsidized Employment 821.4.2 Subsidized Private and Public Employment – Employment for which the employer receives a subsidy from TANF or other public funds to offset some or all of the wages and costs of employing a recipient. Note: On-the-job training programs with subsidies are not included in this category. TANF recipients may be placed in subsidized employment through DWSS, the Division of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, Universities (work study), Community Colleges (work study) or community agency providers.