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

Section 385.9- Page 18 Rev. 4/2025 • Hours of participation may include the actual hours that an individual is engaged in an on- site background check or assessment to determine an individual’s suitability for a particular job search assignment. • Districts and program providers must contact a sample of employers periodically to verify that the participant actually contacted the employer about a job. Such a review is not required in those instances when the district determines that conducting such direct employer contact for documentation would jeopardize current or future job entry efforts by other temporary assistance clients. This determination may be made based upon an assessment of specific employers or as a district policy for all employers. Job search and job readiness training assistance count toward work participation rate requirements for only 120 hours for single parent households with a child under the age of 6/180 hours for all other households in the preceding 12-month period, with no more than four weeks of which may be consecutive. Districts may require that program participants continue to engage in job search beyond the time limit. Job Readiness Training (JRT) - Participation in programs that include seeking and preparing for work. JRT assistance includes two types of activities: (1) traditional activities of resume preparation, training in interviewing skills, and instruction in workplace expectations, training in effective job seeking, or preparation to seek or obtain employment, including life-skills training (participation in parental, infant, and early childhood home visiting services is included in this definition) ; and, (2) activities that improve an individual’s employability, such as substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, or rehabilitation activities in which a qualified medical or mental health professional has certified that such treatment is necessary. Hours of participation may include the actual hours that an individual is engaged in an on-site background check or assessment to determine an individual’s suitability for a particular job readiness training assistance assignment. • Traditional JRT assistance activities will include: resume preparation, training in interview skills, instruction in workplace expectations, training in effective job seeking and life skills essential to workplace success incorporated within the curriculum including time management, goal setting, budgeting, basic math and literacy skills, household management, interpersonal skills, decision making skills, anger management, and parenting skills when it has been determined that such training could help reduce unplanned work leave or apprehension toward entering employment. • In households with dependent children, JRT will also include treatment and rehabilitative services that are required for individuals unable to work or individuals whose employability and employment retention requires such services. Such services reported as JRT will include: ➢ physical health treatment and rehabilitation services including attending necessary physical therapy and doctor appointments. Such treatment will include medical, behavioral, including those associated with domestic violence, and treatment