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6 • Work assignments for each work-eligible individual in the family- including the type of assignment (federally-allowable work activities, and/or alternative activities), the specific assignment and the number of hours of participation required. • Responsibility of the caretaker member of the assistance group to cooperate in establishing the minor child's paternity and establishing, modifying, and enforcing a support order for the child. • Other responsibilities that members of the assistance group must satisfy to participate in OWF. • The consequences to the assistance group for failure or refusal without good cause to satisfy all the responsibilities contained in the SSC or IOP. • Assistance and services to be provided to the assistance group by the CDJFS, the Child Support Enforcement Agency, and the PCSA. • Other provisions designed to enable the assistance group to achieve self-sufficiency and personal responsibility. • Procedures for assessing the compliance of the work-eligible individual(s) and CDJFS with the terms of the SSC or IOP and whether the contract should be amended. • Procedures for amending the contract. • The good cause reasons for missing hours of participation. • An explanation of the individual's rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the right to request another appraisal or comprehensive assessment when the individual discloses, has or appears to have a physical or mental condition that substantially limits one or more major life activity. If the work-eligible individual, adult or minor head of household fails or refuses to comply in full with a provision of the SSC or IOP without good cause in accordance with the state’s good cause policy, the assistance group is sanctioned in accordance with the state’s sanction policy. ODJFS offers a descriptive self-sufficiency contract model to the CDJFS. The CDJFS is not required to use the model but must remain consistent with OWF provisions, if the CDJFS chooses to adopt its own model. ODJFS has also developed a standardized good cause policy that is applicable statewide. Pay-for-Performance Each CDJFS has the option of requiring OWF applicant assistance groups that contain a work-eligible individual to complete a work assignment prior to the authorization of benefits. Job search and job readiness is the only allowable work activity that an applicant assistance group may be assigned. For the CDJFS that requires a work-eligible individuals to complete a job search/job readiness applicant assignment as part of the eligibility determination process, they must make an eligibility determination no later than 30 days following the submission of the application for OWF benefits. Sanctions Before a county JFS office sanctions an assistance group, they must provide the assistance group with written notice of the sanction failure and/or refusal dates and failed and/or refused hours when