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A-82116 Division of Welfare and Supportive Services EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING Eligibility and Payments Manual Work Activities Leading To Economic Independence MTL 11/03 11 May 01 Note: The mental health provider is only required to complete and sign a Report of Illness/Incapacity Form indicating type, duration, and frequency of treatment if the activity is reported as participation hours in OASIS. ● Assessments – A variety of assessment tools are used by case managers and social workers to determine the participant’s employment readiness and identify barriers to obtaining and maintaining employment. ● Other Rehabilitative Services – Vocational Rehabilitation Services may be counted in this category. Job Search/Job Readiness activities are limited to no more than four (4) weeks in a consecutive period. The OASIS system is coded to count any week in which one (1) or more hours of activity is entered/reported in this category as a week of participation for this purpose. A week is defined as seven (7) consecutive days, Monday through Sunday. Job Search/Job Readiness activities are defined in hourly increments and are limited to 240 hours for single parent households with a child under the age of six (6) or 360 hours for all other work-eligible individuals, in a 12-month period. Job Search activities completed prior to TANF approval do not count towards limits on this activity.

Staff should use prudent judgment when deciding whether to use (report) hours when participation is part-time or episodic, as this category is time limited. If participation hours are not reported in this category document the reason they were not used. 821.4.5.1 Determining Countable Hours ● Only the time the participant is actually engaged in counseling/treatment, assessment, or rehabilitative services activities may be counted.

● For job search activities, reportable hours will begin when the recipient reports to their district office or to the first prospective employer and will end when the activity is concluded. Time traveling between prospective employers will be reported. Time spent at lunch or other breaks will not be reported. Participants must take and report a minimum 30 minute lunch if participation was greater than 5 hours in a day. If an individual participates more than 8 hours in a day, a minimum of 1 hour lunch break must be taken and reported. 821.4.5.2 Verification Acceptable verification includes time sheets, attendance records or electronic contacts provided by responsible third parties and/or documented and verified job search forms. Verification documents are to be kept in the casefile to support all actual hours of participation claimed in the monthly OASIS Calendar.