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

Appendix B- Page 10 Rev. 3/2022 adult is participating in a countable manner. Adults referred for sanction, within the report month or prior three months, for not participating in activities, are included in the participation rate numerator for the SNA non-MOE participation rate. When sanction months track for an imposed sanction that must be removed due to a fair hearing decision or other reason, an override on WTRK43 – PA EMPLOYMENT OVERRIDE INPUT screen can be completed.

CHILD CARETAKER MONTHS EXEMPTED

True single parent families are those in which the parent or single caretaker relative is providing care for a child under one year of age (subject to a 12-month lifetime limit) and are being exempted by assigning an employability code of 31 (Parent or Caretaker Relative of a Child in the Household Under 12 Months of Age/Exempt). Instances of incorrect assignment of employability code 31 that resulted in tracked months can be corrected using the WTRK43 – PA EMPLOYMENT OVERRIDE INPUT screen.

JOB SEARCH/JOB READINESS WEEKS USED IN FFY

Participation in the following work activities: job search, job readiness training (JRT), substance abuse treatment, and treatment other than substance abuse count fully toward participation rates but are limited to a combined 6 weeks during a 12-month period, unless the State is currently designated as a “Needy State”, in which case the number of allowable weeks in the 12-month period is extended to 12 weeks. More specific information about the countability of these activities is available in section 385.8 and 385.9. The tracking logic is run weekly, with a daily process that causes the WRTS counter to increment if the activity is entered after the week has been completed, retroactively. The weekly process runs each Sunday. The daily process runs every day and picks up newly entered activity that is trackable for Job Search/JRT activities tracking for a previous week.

District staff must be mindful of the start date for schedules for job search and JRT (or the activities that are treated like JRT for TANF and SNA MOE cases including substance abuse treatment, physical health treatment, and rehabilitative services). The WRTS tracker for these activities is a weekly tracker. All weekly schedules will be picked up on tracking, even if the schedule is for a partial week or if the schedule is deleted later in the month as the initial weekly schedule has already caused the WRTS counter to increment. If the schedule has been entered in error or if the schedule needs to be deleted for any other reason, the worker must complete an override using the WTRK43– PA TRACKING OVERRIDE INPUT screen to delete any weeks of job search or JRT tracked in error.

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION MONTHS USED

All actual hours of vocational education are fully countable but are limited to only 12 months in an individual’s lifetime for both the TANF/SNA MOE All Families and SNA non-MOE participation rates. Once an individual has reached their 12-month lifetime limit participation in vocational