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Accommodations may include, but are not limited to: part-time or flexible hours for activities; providing the individual with activities in a specific environment that enables the individual to participate; providing particular types of jobs or work activities that are consistent with the person’s limitations. Activities should be scheduled so they do not conflict with each other. Any support services payments offered to participants in the TANF Work Program must also be offered to participants that meet the criteria for inclusion in the Two-Parent program.

9. Two-Parent Program Activities The following is a list of work and training activities that are available for participants in the Two- Parent program. Participation in one or more of these activities will more likely lead to full-time employment and self-sufficiency: CORE NON-CORE Employment Education Directly Related To Employment Work Experience Job Skills On-The-Job-Training Satisfactory School Attendance Job Readiness

Community Services

Vocational Education

Education Directly Related To Employment (Teen Parent/Adults)

Satisfactory School Attendance (Teen Parent/Adults)

Two-Parent program participants must be involved in CORE components/activities a minimum of twenty (20) hours per week and maintain a thirty (30) hour per week participation rate overall. They may increase hours and improve chances of employment by participating in any work and training activities needed to overcome obstacles to employment. No more than ten (10) hours per week will be countable toward an individual’s participation requirement from this listing:

A. Vocational Rehabilitation Sheltered Workshop

B. Any program or seminar that provides directly or facilitates the provision of vocational rehabilitation to individuals with disabilities and that enables an individual with a disability to maximize opportunities for employment

C. Volunteer with Non-profit organizations and community organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, Palmetto Pride, Red Cross and AARP volunteer programs

D. DAODAS evaluation, detoxification, assessment and treatment program

E. Mental health-activities, as prescribed by other appropriate health care professionals

F. Counseling or physical rehabilitation activities