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amount of the sanctioned benefit.

b. If there is any balance remaining after the housing costs are deducted, the remaining amount shall be paid to the household in two payments.

1. Sixty percent of any remaining benefit shall be paid within the first half of the calendar month and forty percent on the second half of the month.

2329 Curing Sanctions (08/01/2024, 23-30)

a. Under specific circumstances, current sanctions may be cured.

b. Curing the sanctions means that the sanctioned participant is engaging in Reach Up services requirements and sanctions are no longer imposed. 2329.1 Notice to Cure Sanctions (08/01/2024, 23-30)

a. When sanctions are imposed, the Department shall immediately provide written notice to participants of their ability to cure the sanctions by participating in required activities for two weeks.

b. When a sanctioned participant meets with the case manager, they shall remind the participant of the option to cure the sanctions.

2329.2 Process to Cure Sanctions (08/01/2024, 23-30)

a. To cure the sanctions, the participant must engage in all FDP requirements for two consecutive weeks.

b. The Department shall restore benefits when: 1. At least one month of sanctions has been applied to the household's benefits; 2. The participant completes the two‐week period of engagement; and 3. The participant remains engaged.

c. Participants may cure their sanction if they have a break in Reach Up benefits of at least one full calendar month.

1. A month in which a participant forfeits benefits due to not meeting with the case manager does not count as a break in Reach Up benefits.

d. Households that receive notice of a sanction, but whose benefits are then terminated before the sanction amount is applied to the benefit will have that month count as a month of sanction.

1. In such cases, if the household resumes participation in Reach Up after not receiving benefits for a full calendar month, the Department shall:

i. Treat that past sanction as cured; and

ii. Consider that past sanction in any future determinations of sanction amounts or forgiveness of past sanctions.

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amount of the sanctioned benefit.

b. If there is any balance remaining after the housing costs are deducted, the remaining amount shall be paid to the household in two payments.

1. Sixty percent of any remaining benefit shall be paid within the first half of the calendar month and forty percent on the second half of the month.

2329 Curing Sanctions (08/01/2024, 23-30)

a. Under specific circumstances, current sanctions may be cured.

b. Curing the sanctions means that the sanctioned participant is engaging in Reach Up services requirements and sanctions are no longer imposed. 2329.1 Notice to Cure Sanctions (08/01/2024, 23-30)

a. When sanctions are imposed, the Department shall immediately provide written notice to participants of their ability to cure the sanctions by participating in required activities for two weeks.

b. When a sanctioned participant meets with the case manager, they shall remind the participant of the option to cure the sanctions.

2329.2 Process to Cure Sanctions (08/01/2024, 23-30)

a. To cure the sanctions, the participant must engage in all FDP requirements for two consecutive weeks.

c. Participants may cure their sanction if they have a break in Reach Up benefits of at least one full calendar month.

1. A month in which a participant forfeits benefits due to not meeting with the case manager does not count as a break in Reach Up benefits.

d. Households that receive notice of a sanction, but whose benefits are then terminated before the sanction amount is applied to the benefit will have that month count as a month of sanction.

1. In such cases, if the household resumes participation in Reach Up after not receiving benefits for a full calendar month, the Department shall:

i. Treat that past sanction as cured; and

ii. Consider that past sanction in any future determinations of sanction amounts or forgiveness of past sanctions.