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4. Food preparation 5. Landscaping 6. Auto maintenance

Job Skills Training must be directly related to a specific job. Personal enrichment classes, such as home and garden, money matters, dance and music would not be acceptable for Job Skills Training directly related to employment. Barrier removal activities, such as substance abuse counseling and treatment, may not be included.

A. Countable hours South Carolina will report actual hours of participation in job skills training directly related to employment activities. Expected hours for this and other activities will be shown on the individual’s Employment Plan, as will acceptable timeframes for completion. South Carolina will obtain from the institution a weekly report advising whether the student is regularly attending classes and whether they are performing satisfactorily.

These are used to determine class attendance. Job skills training providers and program participants report actual hours of participation on time sheets and activity logs that report hours of participation for every day of every week in each month. Actual hours spent in class as well as time spent performing clinical requirements, lab work or other ancillary (e.g. special learning needs, vocational assessment and counseling and barrier removal activities) activities required for approved vocational educational training programs are considered to be a part of the primary activity for which it is required and is countable.

Holidays and excused absences will be counted towards participation. In addition only structured, monitored study and home work sessions will be counted if documented and verified.

In some instances, Job Skills training will be completed as part of distance learning. Training hours will count in participation only when the time spent can be monitored by the institution in reported to the case manager.

Only structured and monitored study sessions which can be verified and documented in the case file will be counted.

B. Verification of Hours The actual hours of clients assigned to job skills training activities must be verified. Documentation will include hours of attendance, participation, and satisfactory progress. Documentation of attendance and satisfactory progress will be signed by the training agency/work location and the trainee. Activity hours must be entered into automated PATS system.

Participation hours will be recorded on an individual report provided by the institution documenting hours of attendance on a daily basis and verified every two (2) weeks. Acceptable forms of documentation will be:

1. Attendance Records from Provider