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The Department determines when to offer these services based on the assessment and potential each person demonstrates for becoming self-supporting:
e Diversion payments for new applicants.
e Employment counseling or testing.
e Pre-employment job readiness workshops.
e Job referrals/job development.
e Job clubs and other self-directed job search efforts.
e Short term skill training.
e Supportive service payments.
e Case management for student in vocational training.
e Monitoring of students in secondary educational programs.
e Community service.
e On-the-job training.
e Follow-along job retention and re-employment services.
e Worker Supplement Program - Transition Employment Allowance (TEA)
e Childcare benefits; or
e Other approved services.
Welfare diversion is an important service offered to TANF applicants. Where or when feasible, the Department requires new applicants to make their first contact with staff assigned to the TANF program who will: e Determine appropriate candidates for diversion assistance. e Screen applicants to see who are notionally eligible for assistance based on the Department's eligibility criteria. e Offer applicants the choice between accepting diversion payments or proceeding with an application for TANF cash assistance; and e Provide job placement, training, and support services as needed.
TRANSITIONAL EMPLOYMENT ALLOWANCE
Worker Supplement Program is an effort to aid working families leaving TANF. If a TANF case closes due to the earnings of the caretaker and it appears the employment will be permanent, the family will automatically be transitioned to the State's Worker Supplement program called Transitional Employment Allowance (TEA). They will receive a work supplement payment for one month in the form of a TEA payment. This payment will be considered assistance and the month will count towards the 60-month lifetime limit on TANF.
ELIGIBILITY FACTORS FOR TEA PAYMENTS TEA payments may be made if the following conditions are met, as outlined in ARSD 67:10:08:02:
e The assistance unit becomes prospectively ineligible for