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Example: TANF household with one parent, Sallie Jones, is enrolled in FEP activity with Employer A for 3 consecutive months working at least 40 hours per week. In the 4th month, Sallie worked less than 40 but more than 30 hours per week for the month. ESW changes the FEP Tier in the Activity Details screen from Tier 3 to Tier 2 in the 5th month. The ESW will inform the EW to re-determine TANF benefits for the household. Upon running eligibility, the household will be evaluated for TANF benefits. Sallie will be remain a FEP individual and her earned income will be excluded. The FEP stipend will be issued to Employer A with a Tier 2 benefit amount for the following month.

Example: TANF household with one parent, Cliff Bean, is enrolled in FEP with Employer B for 4 consecutive months. EW performs a case change in the 5th month which leads to a TANF benefit closure effective the 6th month. Upon running eligibility, household will be evaluated for TANF benefits. TANF is closed based on the eligibility determination. FEP stipend will no longer be issued to Employer B.

Example: TANF-UP household, James and Marie, are both enrolled in FEP activities with Employer A and Employer B respectively. Upon running eligibility, the household will be evaluated for TANF benefits. The FEP stipend will be issued to Employer A for James and Employer B for Marie based on the FEP Tiers selected for each of them.

Example: TANF-UP household, Jovi and Cindy enrolled in FEP activities - Employer C who employs Jovi has already received 6 consecutive months of TANF FEP stipends. Employer D who employs Cindy has received only 3 consecutive months of TANF FEP stipends. Upon running eligibility, the household will be evaluated for TANF benefits. Earned income will be excluded for Cindy and the FEP stipend will be issued to Employer D based on the FEP Tier selected for Cindy. If Jovi starts to earn income after the six months of FEP, then his income would be countable on the 7th month while Cindy’s FEP income would be excluded until she exhausts her 6 months of FEP participation.

D. Issuance of TANF Payments during the FEP Placement - Both a TANF payment and monthly FEP stipend to the employer must be issued in the final month of the FEP period if an eligibility criterion exists.

E. Treatment of Child Support Payments - FEP participants must continue to redirect all support to the Division of Child Support Enforcement (DCSE) while in a FEP placement. DCSE will issue to FEP participants all child support payments they would otherwise be entitled to receive. This includes $100 disregard payments and other support payments they would receive if they were receiving a TANF payment.

F. Replacement of Stipend - The FEP employer will contact the ESW if check replacement is necessary, and the ESW will notify the EW using the VIEW Full Employment Program Communication Form (032-03-0655). If a stipend is reported as lost, stolen, or mutilated, follow procedures in Section 502.5.D. and Appendix I to Chapter 500 to stop payment.

The employer must complete the required three copies of the Affidavit on Check Endorsement. The employer will determine the appropriate person to complete and sign the affidavit. This is usually an employee in the accounting department with responsibility for endorsing checks received. If the employer endorses his checks with a stamp, the endorsement stamp should be stamped once on the signature section at the end of the affidavit.

FEP check replacements follow the same process as reissuing or replacing TANF or DA checks. Once the worker is notified of a lost/stolen/mutilated/cancelled/returned check, the worker must update the status and reissue the check through Maintain Checks. Under no circumstances should a local check be written to replace the original check as no process exists to reimburse the locality.