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NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance- TA and SNAP Employment Policy Manual

Section 385.8- Page 14 Rev. 3/2022 Counts Fully but for only 12 Months Lifetime: Participation in vocational education counts fully but is limited to a maximum of 12 months total during the individual’s lifetime receipt of assistance (TANF/SNA MOE or SNA non-MOE). Counts only Toward Hours Above 20: Countable participation in the following work activities is limited to hours above 20 hours weekly, only, to achieve the 30-hour threshold: • Job skills training • Education training, including:  Adult basic education (ABE)  Literacy training  English as a second language (ESL)  High school or equivalent Hours of participation in these activities count only when the hours are added to actual hours of countable participation above 20 hours weekly in core (fully countable or time-limited fully countable) activities. TANF/SNA MOE Two Parent Families Participation Rate Policy (Note: Currently, this rate does not apply in New York State. See #7 in Q&A section below for additional information) Two Parent Family: For participation rate purposes a two-parent family is defined as a case that includes two parents who are in receipt of TANF/SNA MOE funded assistance, where neither parent is disabled (see below for the employability codes defining disabled). The two- parent family definition includes cases in which one or both parents are sanctioned for failure to comply with TANF/SNA MOE work requirements. Parent is defined as an individual with a spousal relationship with or without a child in common or non-legal union with a child in common (does not include pregnancy). TANF/SNA MOE Two Parent Denominator: The TANF/SNA MOE Two Parent Families denominator is comprised of the total number of cases with two parents who are receiving TANF/SNA MOE funded assistance, excluding the following: • Two parent families in which one of the parents in the household is not in receipt of TANF/SNA MOE funds for any other reason than a failure to comply with TANF/SNA MOE work requirements; • Two parent families in which both parents are in receipt of TANF/SNA MOE funds but one or both is disabled (assigned the employability codes of 24, 36, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47,