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_____________________________________________________________________________ Volume 13 | 10.01.2008 (Cont’d) _____________________________________________________________________________ Chapter 17.6.#12A has added the statement that some educational training may be completed as distance learning. Chapter 17.6#12B removes Units of Service Report as an acceptable form of documentation. Chapter 17.6#13 has been revised to count hours, rather than days as excused absences. 80 hours of excused absences are allowed over the course of a year—with no more than 16 in any given month—to count as hours of participation in unpaid activities. It further explains that the PATS system will be used to track the number of excused absences used by each recipient. Chapter 21.3 allows participation in job search or job readiness activities to be measured against the 12 week limitation on an hourly, rather than weekly, basis (240 hours for 20/hr wk requirement, and 360 hours for the 30 hr/wk requirement). Chapter 21.4 allows participation in job search or job readiness activities to be measured against the 12 week limitation on an hourly, rather than weekly, basis (240 hours for the 20 hr/wk requirement, and 360 hours for the 30 hr/wk requirement). Chapter 24 has been replaced. Glossary - has been revised to change the definition of Supervised Job Search to state that frequent check-ins (no less than weekly) are required, rather than daily check-ins. Glossary - has been revised to add post-secondary study leading to a baccalaureate degree. _____________________________________________________________________________ Volume 14 | 11.01.2008 _____________________________________________________________________________ Chapter 6.9.5 is being revised to state that the A/R with a valid driver’s license from another state will be given 90 days to obtain a S.C. driver’s license, and 45 days to transfer their out of state vehicle registration to S.C.

Chapter 12.3.a is being revised to remove “spouse of head of household.”

Chapter 12.3e is being revised to state that a parent providing care for a disabled family member living in the home is excluded from TANF work program requirements. It removed the phrase “not in school living in the home.” With new policy changes, even if a disabled child is in school, the parent is still excluded from TANF work program requirements.

Chapter 19.6.1B is adding a link to See Section 19.7 for Child Care Guidelines.

In the FI Manual Glossary, definition of “Work-Eligible Individual” is being revised. It is removing spouse of head-of-household as an individual exempt from TANF work program requirements.