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VT LEG #363612 v.1 (2) For the fourth and any subsequent month not subject to the reduction required by subsection (e) of this section in which a participating adult is not in compliance engaged with a family development plan or work requirement program participation requirements and has not demonstrated good cause for such noncompliance nonengagement, the family’s financial assistance grant shall be reduced by the amount of $150.00 for each adult sanctioned. (d) A participant may cure a sanction by coming into compliance in accordance engaging with the Department’s rules. During the first 60 months of the family’s receipt of financial assistance, a participating adult may have all previous sanctions forgiven by demonstrating 12 consecutive months of compliance with family development plan requirements or work requirements or any combination of the two. Subsequent acts of noncompliance after a sanctioned adult has completed a successful 12-month sanction forgiveness period will be treated in accordance with subdivisions (c)(1) and (2) of this section without consideration of the sanctions that have been forgiven. * * * (h) To receive payments during the fiscal sanction period, an adult who is the subject of the sanction shall meet no not less than once each month to report his or her the adult’s circumstances to the case manager or to participate in assessments as directed by the case manager. In addition, this meeting shall be for initial assessment and development of the family development plan when such tasks have not been completed; and reassessment or review and