7.2.4.1 CMJ at Application

Before assigning a CMJ placement to a W-2 applicant, the FEP Financial and Employment Planner must conduct an informal assessment and educational needs assessment. (See 5.1 - 5.3 )

In most instances, potential CMJ participants may be assigned to up-front job search activities. (See 2.9.2 ) Applicants who participate in these activities in a good faith effort to obtain employment and are assessed as job-ready are appropriate for a CMJ.

In certain cases, an applicant may be appropriate for CMJ without having completed up-front job search. For example, the applicant may have experienced a short-term barrier such as lack of child care or housing instability that was resolved but not within the 12 days prior to placement. These individuals may not have been assigned up-front job search, but still may be appropriate for the CMJ placement.

Conversely, not all applicants assigned to up-front job search are appropriate for a CMJ. For example, the W-2 agency may learn that the applicant has significant barriers that make it difficult for the applicant to obtain employment within the next 30 days or no jobs are available that align with their skills and experience. These individuals must be placed in a W-2 paid placement.