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if an approved living arrangement exists, or if they are exempt from this requirement.

d. Minor parents who leave an approved living arrangement with good cause, as described below, shall have up to 30 days from the date they left to move into another approved living arrangement.

1. This 30‐day period may be extended an additional 30‐day grace period if the Department determines that a good faith effort is being made to find a suitable living arrangement and the additional time is needed to locate appropriate housing.

e. The following reasons constitute good cause for a minor parent to leave an approved living arrangement: 1. The supervising adult or organization is no longer willing or able to provide the living arrangement; 2. The minor parent alleges that the living arrangement is unacceptable because of abuse or neglect of the minor parent or their child; or 3. The minor parent and the case manager agree that the current living arrangement is no longer needed or appropriate, and no other suitable option is immediately available.

2320 Out‐of‐School Youth (08/01/2024, 23-30)

a. Case management services may be offered to out‐of‐school youth of any age in a Reach Up household.

2321 Work Activity Displacement Policy (08/01/2024, 23-30)

a. No participant shall be employed or placed in an activity at a location where: 1. An individual's employment was terminated at the same work site, and they had previously performed the same or substantially equivalent employment; 2. The employer has terminated the employment or reduced the regularly scheduled hours of any regular full‐time employee to fill the vacancy with a participant of the Reach Up program; 3. The employer has otherwise caused an involuntary reduction of its work force capacity to fill the vacancy with a participant of the Reach Up program; or 4. The employment or placement of the participant is the result of a strike, lockout, or other bona fide labor dispute. b. If there is a bargaining unit at the work site, the Department shall obtain certification from the bargaining unit to ensure the participant's employment or placement will not result in anybargaining unit agreement violation.

c. The Department shall maintain a grievance procedure for resolving complaints of alleged violations of the Department's work activity displacement policy.

1. This procedure will involve the opportunity for informal resolution conducted by the Department.