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901.5 TANF MANUAL 10/18 Page 5b

901.5 PARTICIPATION AND COOPERATION REQUIREMENTS

A. Agreement of Personal Responsibility - As a condition of eligibility, all non-exempt individuals must sign a written APR. (Because applicants for DA are not required to meet all conditions of eligibility, including participation in VIEW, they are exempt from signing the VIEW APR). Except in the circumstance outlined in D below, an individual who signs an APR is a VIEW participant at the point the APR has been signed and will be considered to be participating in VIEW unless notice is received from the ESW that he has failed or refused to participate. If an individual fails/refuses to participate/cooperate without good cause, the case is not eligible to receive a payment.

The APR, at a minimum, will explain the 24-month time limit and the following participant responsibilities:

1. To seek employment to support his own family.

2. To participate in assignments made by the case manager.

3. To notify the case manager of any change in the participant's circumstances which will impact the participant's ability to satisfactorily participate in the program.

4. To accept a job offer. Refusal to accept a job offer may result in a sanction if so determined by the ESW.

5. To arrange and find transportation and day care. The case manager will assist the participant if he has tried, but has been unable to find transportation or day care.

B. When an APR Must Be Signed:

1. At the initial VIEW assessment and upon re-referral following a reapplication or a period in which the individual was exempt.

2. When a TANF case was closed while a sanction was still in effect and the sanctioned individual later reapplies for TANF, a new APR must be signed at the time the individual returns to the VIEW program. (The individual will return to the VIEW program only after the sanction has been lifted because the minimum fixed sanction period has been served and the individual has completed an act of compliance.)

3. At the time of application, if the client reapplies for assistance after the case was previously terminated for failure to sign the APR.