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844 Chapter 4:Working with families • Section 12: State Family Pre-SSI Program (SFPSS) (07/2026) Good cause for noncooperation with activities Good cause for noncooperation with activities include: • Cooperation or placement at a job site would place the participant at risk of domestic violence; • Participation in a required activity would have an adverse effect or risk on the participant’s physical or mental health:

Š Documentation from a qualified and appropriate professional is required. • The SFPSS program failed to provide a needed support service payment in time for the participant to participate; • Noncooperation is caused by an aspect of the participant’s disability; • The SFPSS program failed to provide a needed accommodation or modification in order for the participant to participate; • The work site violates established health and safety standards; • A pregnant participant is in her seventh or eighth month of pregnancy and either works in a job that requires her to work more than 10 hours each week or has a case plan that requires her to participate more than 10 hours each week; • A pregnant participant has reached the first of the calendar month prior to the month in which the due date falls and is now considered JOBS-exempt; • Appropriate child care (or day care for an incapacitated person in the household) is not available or there is a breakdown in child care arrangements for a child in the household. The participant must attempt to get child care through the ERDC program or from another provider;

“Appropriate child care” means that:

Š Both the provider and the place where care is provided meet health, safety, and provider requirements as defined in OAR 414-175-0080;

Š The care accommodates the parent’s work schedule; and

Š The care meets the specific needs of the child, such as age and special needs requirements. • The work attachment position or employment offered is vacant due to a strike, lockout or other labor dispute; • The work attachment position or employment requires a participant to join a union and the participant has religious objections to unions; • The participant belongs to a union and the employment goes against the conditions of the participant’s membership in that union. Good cause does not exist if the employment is not governed by the rules of the union to which the participant belongs; • The job referral or employer is discriminatory in terms of age, sex, race, religious or political belief, marital status, disability or ethnic origin. Age, sex and disability requirements are allowable when there are valid or legal reasons for the requirements; • The person’s participation in Grand Ronde Tribe new program activities prevents or interferes with participation in SFPSS assigned activities or completion of assignments; • The participant’s failure to participate is due to a circumstance beyond his/her reasonable control;