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Queue - the list of TANF recipients who are referred by the eligibility worker for mandatory participation in the VIEW program.

Reaching Independence through Savings and Education (RISE) – a match savings program administered by the Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS) designed to support TANF recipients’ purchases of qualified assets for the purposes of homeownership, transportation acquisition, the pursuit of post-secondary education, small business ownership, or achieving self-sufficiency through matched savings and training.

Reasonable Distance - for VIEW placements, a reasonable distance is considered to be no more than one hour travel time each way from the participant’s place of residence to the site of the activity.

Sanction - a suspension of a VIEW participant’s TANF payment for non-compliance with program requirements; to suspend a participant's TANF payment for noncompliance.

Satisfactory Participation - participation in a program activity equal to the hours assigned to the activity for a stated time period. For job search assignments, satisfactory participation equals the completion of all required job search contacts, or employment.

Self-Initiated Participant - a participant who has enrolled in post-secondary education or in training activities prior to enrollment into the VIEW program.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Employment and Training (SNAPET) - The employment and training program for SNAP recipients.

Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) - a guide developed by the local agency that specifies the procedures to be followed in administering the VIEW program. The SOP is part of the local VIEW Annual Plan.

Subsidized Employment - employment in which government funds are used to directly subsidize the participant’s wages. The Full Employment Program (FEP) is considered subsidized employment.

Supportive Services - services such as child care and transportation provided to a VIEW program participant with an open TANF case to enable the participant to take part in program activities or to work.

TANF-UP - a two-parent TANF household in which the parents have at least one child in common and in which neither parent is disabled.

Termination - closure of the TANF case for failure of a mandatory VIEW recipient to sign the Agreement of Personal Responsibility.

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) - the cash assistance program for families with children in Virginia, based on the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) as amended by the Deficit Reduction Action (DRA) of 2005.

Time Limitations - limitations on the period of time a family is eligible for TANF assistance based on federal and state statutes

Transitional Services - a category of services available to former VIEW participants once the TANF case is closed. Transitional services include services such as child care, transportation, Transitional Employment and Training services (TET), and the VIEW Transitional Payment (VTP) which may be provided to a VIEW participant whose TANF case has been closed.

Unsubsidized Employment - employment in which the participant is paid at least minimum wage and for which no government funds are used to subsidize the wages earned by a participant. Transmittal 78