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(d) A timely and adequate notice must be sent to terminate benefits to the entire family if the client fails to keep the conciliation appointment or if the client fails to comply with the conciliation requirement. (e) If the conciliation decision is adverse to the recipient, the recipient has ten days in which to request a fair hearing. (f) If the recipient agrees to comply after the thirty-day conciliation period has expired, compliance must be demonstrated by participating in the employment and training program for thirty days prior to the reinstatement of FI benefits. (g) If the recipient’s FI case is closed a new written FI application is not required if the recipient agrees to comply with the requirement that caused the case closure and reapplies within sixty days of the closure. The existing application on file must be resigned and dated. The requirement of section A(2)(e) above applies to this reapplication. (3) A recipient may be exempted from complying with the employment and training requirements for the following reasons: (a) The parent or caretaker relative has a child under one year of age; however, custodial parents under age twenty-five who have not completed their high school education shall comply with these provisions regardless of the age of the child; (b) Is at least six months pregnant and the pregnancy is verified by a qualified licensed health care provider; (c) Is incapacitated and the incapacity is verified by a physician, and if the Department considers it necessary, confirmed by an assessment performed by the Department of Vocational Rehabilita- tion, as a physical or mental impairment that prevents the recipient from engaging in gainful employment or participating in education or training; (d) Is caring for an incapacitated person whose incapacity has been verified by a physician, and if the Department considers it necessary, confirmed by an assessment performed by the Depart- ment of Vocational Rehabilitation; (e) Is unable to participate because child care and reasonable transportation were not provided when needed for participation in employment and training programs. (4) All FI benefits will be terminated if a recipient completes the training requirements contained in the ISSP and then refuses an offer of employment. B. Initial Job Search. (1) All adult applicants (includes adults added to open FI cases) who do not meet the exemption criteria of Section 114.1130A(3) above and those who meet exemption criteria but volunteer must conduct an initial job search and shall provide evidence of this search by returning to the Department a listing of the employers contacted, date of contact, and the name and telephone number of the person with whom the applicant spoke. The number of employers to be contacted shall be determined by the Department. An applicant must provide this information before case approval; an applicant who does not provide this information by the thirtieth day must have the application denied. (2) An employment assessment must be conducted on an approved applicant/recipient who has not found a job to determine if the individual is job ready. (3) A recipient who has been employed twelve out of the previous twenty-four months or who has graduated from high school or has obtained a General Equivalency Diploma (GED) must be considered job ready and must be enrolled in a job club. (4) Following participation in a job club, the recipient must conduct a job search for a period not to exceed sixty days or until the recipient obtains a job, whichever comes first. (5) A recipient who is not job ready or a job ready recipient who is unsuccessful in the sixty day job search must be evaluated for barriers to employment. From the evaluation, the agreement set forth in Section 114.1130A(3) above must be modified to set forth specific training and employment requirements for the recipient. C. Training Programs.