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

Section 385.9- Page 23 Rev. 4/2025 • Must be supervised on an ongoing basis no less frequently than daily; • Actual hours of participation in job skills training will count toward the hours reported as work for hours above the core work requirement. Hours of participation in a job skills training program must be documented by the provider through attendance rosters or other supporting documentation developed by the provider; • 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 skills training assignment; • Actual hours of participation in an educational activity which meets the definition of job skills training may include supervised homework/study time and up to one hour of unsupervised homework/study time for each hour of class time, provided that the total number of hours of homework/study time does not exceed the documented hours expected by the educational provider. Education Training – Education training related to employment in the case of a recipient who has not received a high school diploma or certificate of high school equivalency must be related to a specific occupation, job or job offer or otherwise determined based on a client assessment as necessary to improve the participant’s employability to support job entry, retention or advancement. Education directly related to employment may include courses designed to provide the knowledge and skills for general or specific occupations or work settings to ensure clients have the basic skills competencies required by employers and may also include adult basic education, English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction and education leading to a High School equivalency (HSE) diploma as determined as necessary to improve the participant’s job opportunities in potential occupations. Where identified as needed, such training may include the development of basic workplace skills including professional workplace behaviors and decision-making skills. • Where required by an employer or determined necessary to improve the participant’s job opportunities with potential occupations, includes education leading to a general educational development (GED) or high school (HS) equivalency diploma; • Must be supervised on an ongoing basis no less frequently than daily; • Actual hours of participation in education directly related to employment, except as noted below, will count toward the hours reported as work for hours above the core work requirement. Hours of participation in education directly related to employment must be documented by the provider through attendance rosters or other supporting documentation developed by the provider; • 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 educational activity that meets this work activity;