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C. Supervision Job Skills Training directly related to employment must be supervised on an ongoing basis no less frequently than daily. The work site supervisor or training instructor provides supervision and appropriate documentation of supervision. Contractors and training providers are responsible for assigned clients and must submit documentation of total hours of participation in their program on a bi-weekly basis to DSS. A daily attendance record is used to reflect actual hours of attendance; this form is signed by the client and the contractor or training provider.

Attendance records are maintained by the contractors/training providers as well as DSS. The contractor or training provider must notify the DSS of client progress and compliance via telephone, meetings, or written communication.

The Case Manager provides overall supervision and monitoring of client progress and compliance.

11. Education Directly Related to Employment This is education related to a specific occupation, job, or job offer. Education directly related to employment must be supervised on an ongoing basis no less frequently than daily. This component may include adult basic education and English as a second language, where required, as a prerequisite for employment. Education Directly Related to Employment is generally provided in a class room atmosphere, it must be directly related to a specific job and must be short term (usually less than 3 months). Personal enrichment classes, such as home and garden, money matters, dance and music would not be acceptable for Education Directly Related to Employment. Basic remedial education and ESL may be counted under Education Directly Related to Employment.

Participants should make “good or satisfactory progress” as determined by the standard of the institution or program. For a teen parent/adult, 20 hours of participation in this activity meets the TANF requirement. For all other adults, this is considered a non-core activity. Examples of Education Directly Related to Employment may include but are not limited to:

1. Key board 2. Short term computer training 3. Basic child development 4. Graphics 5. Multi-Media presentations 6. Auto maintenance

A. Countable hours Actual hours will be counted towards participation as will holidays and excused absences. In addition only structured, monitored study and home work sessions will be counted if documented and verified.

In some instances, the Education Directly Related to Employment will be completed as part of distance learning. Participation will count toward vocational educational training hours only when the time spent can be monitored by the institution and reported to the case manager. Only