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3. Suitable Placements - If the ESW does not have a suitable FEP or on-the-job training placement available, the participant will be immediately screened for placement in a suitable community work experience site.

Suitable is defined as follows: a. The worker has evaluated a good match between the participant’s skills, abilities, and interests and the position description;

b. The employer agrees to provide needed training to do the job; and

c. The net monthly wages (take home pay) estimated by the employer exceed the amount of monthly TANF benefits the participant was last paid. The ESW can obtain the most recent TANF payment amount by reviewing the participant’s TANF payment history in VaCMS on the Issuance Summary/Search screen or by contacting the EW.

4. Criteria for the FEP Participant

a. The participant must be able to perform the minimum requirements for entry into the job and be capable of performing the duties of the job with the provision of training by the employer at the end of the placement.

b. The supportive services needed by the participant can be provided.

c. The participant may participate in FEP more than one time but must not have been previously sanctioned while assigned to a FEP placement.

d. A participant cannot enter a FEP placement if she is in the process of being referred for a 2nd or 3rd sanction.

If the participant has been referred for a 1st sanction and a FEP placement is available and the participant signs the Full Employment Program Agreement prior to the effective date of the sanction, the 1st sanction can be avoided. For a participant in a first sanction, a participant may be referred for FEP participation. As long as the fixed period has been served, the FEP assignment is the verified act of compliance and the sanction may be lifted.

e. More than one participant may be screened and referred to an employer for an interview for the FEP positions.

1. The ESW should complete the VIEW Referral to Work Site form (032-02- 0300) to be given to each referred participant to take to the job interview.

2. After the employer indicates his selection on the participant’s SNAP E&T and VIEW Referral to Work Site form (032-02-1060) and signs the Full Employment Program Agreement (032-02-0309) for the participant’s placement, the participant is to be assigned to the FEP position on the Activity and Service Plan (032-02-1000) and in the ESP module. The ESW will give the participant the FEP Information Sheet (032-03-0441).

3. The ESW will complete the Full Employment Program Communication Form (032-03-0655) and forward it to the EW as notification of a FEP placement.

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