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Evaluation of continued eligibility and the need for transitional transportation will be made every 6 months. Minimally, the re-evaluation will verify the former VIEW participant’s employment hours. The client’s failure to respond to requests for information will result in termination of transitional transportation services. Adequate documentation supporting reasons for termination shall be filed in the case record. When Transitional Transportation services are terminated, a written VIEW Transitional Transportation Notice of Action (032-03-0901) or letter providing the same basic information, must be sent at least 10 days in advance of the effective date of action.

B. VIEW Transitional Payment (VTP)

1. Eligibility for VTP

The VTP is an incentive payment designed to encourage job retention. The VTP will be provided to employed VIEW participants whose TANF case is closed for any reason, except no eligible child in the home or unable to locate, and whose case is not in a VIEW sanction or referred for a VIEW sanction or in an IPV. Neither participant in a TANF-UP household is eligible for a VTP payment if the other participant is in a VIEW sanction or has been referred for a sanction.

The case must contain at least one VIEW participant who at time of TANF case closure was employed at least 30 hours per week with hourly wages of at least the current minimum wage. The VTP payment for each participant is $50. When both parents in a TANF-UP case are VIEW participants and are each employed at least 30 hours per week with hourly wages of at least the current minimum wage, the payment is $100. If one parent leaves the two-parent household, the payment will be reduced to $50 dollars.

Note: Depending on the number of VIEW participants in the Assistance Unit, the VTP amount may exceed $100. Example: Mr. Jones is married to Mrs. Jones and they have one child. Ms. Smith and her child with Mr. Jones also reside in the household. Mr. Jones, Mrs. Jones and Ms. Smith are all VIEW participants on the same case. They all obtain full-time employment resulting in the household exceeding the 150% FPL for the household size. They all meet the criteria for establishing VTP. The VTP amount will be $150.

The VTP is initiated in VaCMS by the EW. A one-time notice is sent to the client by the EW that informs the client that her case is eligible for the payment, the reason for the payment and conditions that will terminate the payment. (See 901.13.) Once the EW certifies and authorizes the VTP EDG, a task and reminder will be generated to the ESW informing her that the VIEW participant’s TANF/VIEW or TANF-UP/VIEW case has been closed and that VTP has been approved. The status of the open ESP record will change to VTP the first day of the month following the TANF/VIEW or TANF-UP/VIEW closure.

The ESW must have a copy of the previous month’s pay stubs or verification of employment (not more than 30 days old). If the worker does not have the previous month’s pay stubs or verification of employment, the ESW is to get the pay stubs or verification from the EW. The number of pay stubs will vary based on the client’s pay schedule. Once the VTP begins in the ESP module in VaCMS, the ESW is to send the VIEW participant a new Activity and Service Plan with the appropriate boxes checked for VTP.

If the ESW determines the EW opened the VTP in error (Example: client not working 30 hours per week at minimum wage) the ESW is to immediately send a communication to the EW to close the VTP and provide the reason. The ESW should leave the VIEW record open and continue regular job follow-up if necessary.

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