TANF recipients of TANF-only or TANF/SNAP households participating in community service are deemed to have met their core hourly requirement if they participate for the maximum number of hours determined by the FLSA calculation.

Single-Parent

Example : In a single-parent household, regardless of the age of the youngest child, the parent can deem their community service hours to equal 20 hours per week. Therefore, if the parent has an FLSA maximum of 14 hours of community service per week, and participate for all 14 hours in any given week, the participant is deemed to have met their core participation requirement and 20 hours is entered into eCIS.

Two-Parent Family

Example 1 : In a two-parent household which does not receive federally-funded child care, the two-parent family can deem their community service hours to equal 30 hours per week. Therefore, if that two-parent household has an FLSA maximum of 28 hours of community service per week, and one parent participates in at least 28 hours in each week, they are deemed to have met their core participation requirement and 30 hours is entered in eCIS.

Example 2 : When a two-parent household does receive federally-funded child care, and both parents participate, the hours can be deemed to 50 hours per week if one or both parents participate in community service for the total maximum number of community service hours for the household. Therefore, if that two-parent household has an FLSA maximum of 42 hours of community service per week, and one parent participates in at least 30 hours and either parent participates for any remaining hours of the 42 hours in a given week, they are deemed to have met their core participation requirement and 50 hours is entered into eCIS.