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Chapter 16.9 #2 is being revised to clarify additional activities that may be counted as Education Directly Related to Employment. ______________________________________________________________________________ Volume 5 | 12.01.2007 (Cont’d) ______________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 17.3 is being revised to clarify who should participate in the case staffings.
Chapter 17.6 is revised to add a note clarifying the usage of basic remedial education and ESL under “Directly Related to Employment”.
Chapter 19.5 is being revised to add a note to clarify that all support service expenses of $5000 or more must be approved by State Office Procurement.
Chapter 19.11 #3 is being revised to include the requirement for securing estimates and documenting the need for vehicle repairs.
Chapter 19.11 #5 is being revised to add a limit for rental home repairs. ______________________________________________________________________________ Volume 6 | 01.01.2008 ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter 4.4 #3 is being revised to include a chart that lists the criteria for Qualified Alien Eligibility.
Chapter 10.1 #4 is being revised to clarify the treatment of cases after they have reached the Federal 60 month time limit but still have State months remaining.
Chapter 16.7 #3 is revised to add a “Note” to explain that WTA benefits received by Work Experience and Community Service participants are not taxable. ______________________________________________________________________________ Volume 7 | 02.01.2008 ______________________________________________________________________________
Several changes have been made throughout this manual revision due to the impact of the two new state programs, C.A.R.E.S and Two-Parent. Several sections have been removed or deleted and placed in Chapter 27 – State Programs.
Chapter 3.9 The note concerning full family sanction of two parent households is being deleted and will be addressed in the new Two Parent policy. See manual Chapter 27.3.13
Chapter 4.4 is being revised to include treatment of Iraqi and Afghan aliens granted special immigrant status. A chart regarding documentation needed by Iraqi and Afghan applicants is also added.
Chapter 5.5 #1 is being revised to correspond with the Two Parent program.