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Effective January 1, 2020, Pennsylvania will continue to integrate employment and training efforts designed specifically for cash assistance recipients into the larger workforce development system at every appropriate point. Non-compliance with the RESET Program A sanction is imposed on any nonexempt individual required to participate in RESET who willfully, without good cause:  Fails to accept a bona fide offer of employment in which the individual is able to engage;  Voluntarily terminates employment;  Fails or refuses to participate in or continue to participate in an available work activity, including work activities specified on the AMR;  Fails to seek employment;  Fails to maintain employment;  Reduces earnings;  Fails to participate for an average of at least 20 hours per week in work or a work activity; or  Fails to apply for work at the time and in the manner as the Department may prescribe. If good cause is not established, the individual will receive an advance notice advising of the proposed sanction. The sanctions for failure to comply with the work or work activity requirements are required by 62 P.S. §432.3.

Sanctions for Failure to Comply with RESET Requirements A mandatory RESET participant who willfully fails to cooperate with the work or work activity requirement, participate in RESET or accept a bona fide offer of employment, or who terminates employment, or fails to apply for work, without good cause, shall be disqualified from receiving cash assistance. The period of the sanction is: First occurrence: 30 days or until the individual is willing to comply with RESET, whichever is longer. Second occurrence: 60 days or until the individual is willing to comply with RESET, whichever is longer. Third occurrence: Permanently.