Holidays

If the activity is closed on holidays observed by the Department, individuals will get participation credit based on the number of hours they would have attended an employment and training activity.

Holidays observed by the Department include:

New Year’s Day

Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Washington’s Birthday (a.k.a. Presidents’ Day)

Memorial Day

Independence Day

Labor Day

Columbus Day

Veterans Day

Thanksgiving Day

Christmas Day

NOTE: Individuals who are participating in paid work activities must continue to participate in that activity as scheduled by the employer.

For absences not covered above, including holidays not observed by the Department, the contractor and/or CAO should allow participants to “bank” hours in the month the absence is to occur and/or makeup hours within the same month of the absence.

The participant must notify the contractor/CAO of their intentions in advance and together they must develop a plan to make sure hourly requirements are still met within the month of the absence.

NOTE: For participants that do not meet their required number of hours in any week, the contractor/CAO is required to develop a plan for the client to make-up the hours within that month in which the hours were missed. If the participants are unable to make-up hours within the month, they should still be encouraged to make up missed hours, but they are not required to do so once the month has passed.

Makeup plans should be developed between the participant and caseworker within a week of the absence. The plan should be narrated in the case record. Hours in a previous month are not expected or required be made up once the month has passed.

Updated September 21, 2021, Replacing May 25, 2017