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Attachment D

The following descriptions of Reach Up participant activities are from 33 V.S.A. § 1113(c).

(c) A participating adult may meet program participation requirements, including the following activities, through one or a combination of work, education, training, and other activities that address the family's goals and well-being: (1) employment, either full-time or part-time; (2) activities that develop and enhance the skills employers need their employees to have in the workplace, including: (A) career-specific training programs;

(B) English language learning;

(C) literacy and math skill courses; or

(D) credential programs; (3) entrepreneurship and business development; (4) job search and career exploration, including:

(A) engaging in work experience; or

(B) participating in job shadow opportunities; (5) education, including obtaining:

(A) a high school diploma;

(B) technical training and vocation education; or

(C) career-specific education; (6) building foundations for employment, including:

(A) housing search efforts;

(B) arranging transportation; or

(C) arranging child care; (7) activities aimed at improving family and financial well-being, including:

(A) financial capability classes and coaching;

(B) mental health treatment;

(C) treatment for substance use disorder;

(D) working with children's health and school professionals;

(E) applying for Supplemental Security Income; or

(F) working with the Division of Family Services; or (8) any other activity designated by the Commissioner in accordance with criteria established in rule pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25.

Unsubsidized Employment

Unsubsidized employment is a core activity. Unsubsidized employment means full-or part-time employment in the public or private sector that is not subsidized by TANF or any other public program.

Self-employment is a type of unsubsidized employment. Self-employment is working for oneself in a job that results in net income to the participant, after business expenses, of no less than the sum of Vermont's minimum wage multiplied by the number of hours the participant claims as working in self-employment.