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The eligibility worker will not issue a payment until notified by the ESW that the client has complied.

Example: The client failed to complete her job search assignment and was sanctioned for one month beginning 4/1. She notified the worker on 4/12 that she had moved and was now living out of state. Her case was closed effective 4/30. On 8/15, the client reapplied for assistance. Because the sanction was still in place, she was instructed to contact the ESW in order to cure the sanction. She agreed to complete a job search assignment, but because she did not do so by the end of the 30-day processing timeframe, her application was approved in a suspended status. The client successfully completed the job search assignment on 10/27 thereby curing the sanction. The ESW notified the EW of the client’s compliance on that date, the suspension was lifted and the client’s payments began 10/27, the date she completed the activity.

In both sanction situations, the time clock for the twenty-four month time limit, which includes months in which partial payments were made, resumes at re-approval. The client is still allowed the VIEW disregards when employed and in a sanction.

K. Sanctions when a client moves to another case: When a sanctioned individual moves from one case to another, the sanction continues uninterrupted. The sanction always follows the adult VIEW participant; it does not follow the children or the case.

L. When a sanctioned VIEW participant leaves the household in a sanctioned month, the payment for the remaining household members will be reinstated for the following month. The agency must verify the date on which the sanctioned individual left the home.

Example: Household consists of mom, father, and three children. The father of the children was sanctioned effective 7/1 for non-compliance with VIEW. The payment to the family is suspended as a result of the sanction. The father leaves the household 7/8 and this is verified by the landlord. The month of July remains a sanctioned month. The payment is reinstated effective 8/1 as long as the father has not returned to the home.

M. VIEW Appeal Procedures: The following procedures must be followed at all appeals involving VIEW Sanctions:

1. A representative from the Employment Services Program Service Staff (VIEW) must be present during the appeal hearing.

2. The hearing officer will notify Employment Services Staff of the date and time of the appeal hearing.

3. The summary of facts must be prepared jointly by the Eligibility Staff and Employment Services Staff to ensure that both ESP eligibility and participation issues are stated in the summary.

4. If the appeal is filed timely and payments continue pending the hearing decision, the sanction must be imposed as soon as administratively possible when the decision sustains agency action. There is no overpayment in this situation.