107.31 Explaining Education and Job Skills Training Opportunities

Applicants with limited employability may be eligible to pursue education or job skills training activities in the TANF program. Applicants and recipients whose prospects for financial self-sufficiency would increase through education or job skills training should discuss participation in these activities with their caseworker as soon as possible after entering the TANF program.

The CAO must:

Tell all persons at application about education and job skills training activities that they may pursue, including the following:

High school degree or GED programs.

Post-secondary education, including two-year or four-year degree programs.

Job skills training.

Adult basic education (ABE).

English as a second language (ESL).

NOTE: The caseworker should also provide this information at renewal and during any discussion about compliance with the Road to Economic Self-Sufficiency through Employment and Training (RESET) program.

Explain how the person may access education or job skills training opportunities at each stage in the RESET process.

Advise that education or job skills training may be pursued whether RESET is mandatory or is not mandatory because of an exemption or good cause .

Explain that persons who are not subject to RESET because they are either exempt or have good cause may volunteer to pursue suitable RESET activities, including education or job skills training.

Explain that a person may “self-initiate” into an education or job skills training program, including programs not funded by DHS or operated by DHS contractors.

Help persons choose options, activities, and support services that will best help them achieve their goals for education or job skills training. Make sure the AMR includes these choices and services.