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THE VIRGINIA INITIATIVE FOR EDUCATION AND WORK PROGRAM (VIEW) TANF MANUAL

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Example 2: Ms. B starts receiving assistance on January 15 and is referred to VIEW. For January, she is included in the denominator, but does not count toward the work participation rate because she has not yet become a VIEW participant and has not been assigned to any activities. February will be her actual first month in the program.

Month 1: On February 13, Ms. B is assessed and assigned to job search from February 13th through March 31. Her job search forms verify that she completed 72 hours of job search in February.

Calculating Participation for Month 1: Divide the total participation hours of 72 by 28, the number of days in the month to arrive at an average of 2.57 hours per day of participation. Multiply 2.57 by 7 to arrive at average weekly hours of 17.99, rounded up to 18. Her two weeks of job search in February are not enough to allow her to meet the core requirement or the work participation rate for February.

Note: When actual hours of job search or job readiness participation are entered into ESP module in VaCMS, and it determines that the hours will not count toward federal participation, those hours of job search are not counted against the 12-month maximum. Ms. B can still be assigned to up to 180 hours of job search during the next twelve months. Because the job search was not counted, no break in participation is needed before she can be assigned to job search again.

Month 2: Ms. B continues in job search for the month of March. Her job search forms verify a total of 160 hours of job search. She counts toward the participation rate because she met the core component requirement and averaged 36 hours of job search per week.

Calculating Actual Participation for Month 2: Divide the total participation hours of 160 by the number of days in the month. For Ms. B., divide 160 hours by 31 = 5.16; multiply by 7 for total weekly average of 36. 13 which rounds down to 36.

Example 3: Month 1: Ms. C participates in unsubsidized employment of 20 hours per week and 15 hours per week in vocational education and training for the entire month of August. Both are core activities. She counts toward the work participation rate because she had participation of at least 30 hours per week.

Calculating Participation for Month 1: Ms. C has 140 total participation hours for the month. Divide the total participation hours of 140 by 30, the number of days in June. Multiply Ms. C’s daily participation average of 4.66 by 7 to arrive at the weekly average of 32.

Example 4: Ms. D participates in CWEP for 18 hours per week and GED for 17 hours per week in September. Though she participated in activities averaging at least 30 hours per week (140 hours/ 31 = 4.51 average hours per day; 4.51 multiplied by 7 = 32), she did not have at least 20 hours per week in a core work activity and therefore will not count toward the work participation rate.

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