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20 hours per week. However, he/she will have good cause if unable to comply with the TANF Work Program Requirements and cannot be sanctioned.

Federal and State Time Limits continue to count even when the client is excluded from the All- Family Participation Rate.

NOTE: The “PW” coding on the CHIP EMPR Screen does not apply to Young Custodial Parents (YCP’s). If the YCP is the only parent in the TANF family and has a child under age one, he/she must be coded “PC” on the CHIP EMPR Screen and must be sanctioned if he/she does not comply.

2. Newly Approved Cases Newly approved TANF families that meet the criteria for All Family will be included in the participation rate for the report month. The report month is the month of approval if the approval occurs before CHIP Cutoff. Cases approved after CHIP Cutoff will be included in the participation rate for the report month following the approval month. EXAMPLE: For a TANF application approved 10/10; the family will be included in the participation rate for October. For a TANF application approved 10/25, the family will not be included in the participation rate for October, but will be included in November's rate.

3. Participation Requirements for New Approvals Newly approved families, approved prior to CHIP Cutoff, meet the participation requirements for the report month. The report month is the approval month, if the family meets the minimum hourly requirement for the "full weeks" remaining in the report month after the approval date. Only hours for the "full weeks" after the approval date are countable toward the participation requirement. The total hours for the "full weeks" are divided by the number of "full weeks" remaining in the report month to determine if the family averaged the required weekly hours. NOTE: A "full week" is defined as a complete Sunday through Saturday week as displayed on most calendars.

EXAMPLE: A TANF application approved on 10/10 has two "full weeks" remaining after the approval date - the weeks of 10/15-10/21, 10/22-10/28. If the family is required to participate an average of 30 hours per week and the total hours of participation in the two "full weeks" is 60 or greater, the family meets the participation requirement. NOTE: TANF families approved after CHIP Cutoff will not be included in the participation rate until the next report month.

4. All Family Participation Requirement Minimum required participation in TANF countable work components for all families is an average of 30 hours per week. NOTE: In order to meet the minimum 30-hour per week criteria, more than 30 hours per week should be scheduled for the component. 5. Exceptions to All Family Participation Requirement The only parent/caretaker relative of a child under the age of six, as identified on EMPR with codes of PW or PC, must average only 20 hours per week.