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______________________________________________________________________________ Volume 62 | July 1, 2023 (cont’d) ______________________________________________________________________________ 4.11 (1) Initial Job Search Requirement (Individuals not required to Complete Initial Job Search): This section has been updated to add a subsection identifying the individuals that are not required to complete the initial job search. Subsequent sections have been renumbered.

4.11(2) Initial Job Search Requirement (Minimum Expectations): This section has been updated to clarify that applicants must provide DSS with a listing of businesses contacted as evidence of conducting an initial job search.

4.11(3) Initial Job Search Requirement (Failure to Participate): This section has been updated to rename the subsection “Failure to Complete Initial Job Search.”

4.11(4) Initial Job Search Requirement (Verification): This section has been updated to rename the subsection “Documentation” and to clarify that evidence of the five contacted businesses may be documented on DSS Form 3708 or on a written or typed statement.

4.13 Drug Conviction Policy (Chip Coding): This section has been updated to remove “identity” from the “NOTE.” This field applies to conviction for misrepresenting residency in order to receive duplicate benefits.

8.15 Need Standard Table: This section has been updated to reflect a 20% increase to the current payment standards for TANF.

21.4(3) RCA/TANF Relationship (RCA Payment Level): This section has been updated to reflect a 20% increase to the current RCA Payments.

2.6 Initial Job Search: Subsections 1 and 3 have been moved to section 4.11 Initial Job Search Requirement.

The phrases “SC Voucher Program and SC Voucher System” have been changed to “Child Care Scholarship Program” throughout the manual.