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Section 385.8- Page 23 Rev. 3/2022 cases, any adult discretely meeting the participant definition will cause the case to be included in the TANF/SNA MOE All Families numerator. The hours of participation cannot be combined between adults. For Safety Net non-MOE, the participation numerator is individual level, so each, so each individual must discretely meet the participant definition in order to be included. For the same reason, cases in the Safety Net non-MOE rate may contain more than one participating individual in the rate numerator provided each is meeting minimum participation requirements, despite the fact the case only counts once in the denominator. Q.12 How should participation in post-secondary education be reported in order to count for the Work Participation Rate? A.12 Post-secondary education may be reported as vocational education if the education otherwise meets the definition of vocational education and would count fully toward federal work participation requirements for an individual for up to 12 months in the individual’s lifetime. Districts may choose to report post-secondary education as Job Skills training, which counts without a time limit, so long as it is combined with 20 hours of core work activity. Vocational education beyond the 12-month limit may be reported as job skills training, again requiring the 20 hours of core work activity before it will count toward meeting participation. Districts are required to describe the district’s process and policy for determining whether or not a participant is approved/assigned to participate in job skills or vocational educational activities in section 3.6 of their biennial Temporary Assistance and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment Plans.