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Child Care Subsidy Policy October 1, 2024 32 4.4.1.4. Job Readiness/Job Search that provides classroom training and actual job search for up to 6 weeks (no more than 4 consecutive weeks), with minimum participation of 120 hours per month. 4.4.1.5. Attendance at secondary school or course of study leading to GED in the case of a teen recipient who has not completed secondary school. 4.4.1.6. Adult basic education for parents over the age of 20 who do not have a high school diploma or GED. Approved courses include English as a Second Language, literacy, and remedial education courses. 4.4.1.7. Post-secondary education activities such as work study, clinicals, practicums and student teaching activities. 4.4.1.8. Vocational education training, if courses provide employment skills (not to exceed 12 months for any one individual.) 4.4.1.9. On-the-Job Training or the Employer Incentive Program (EIP), a subsidized training and employment program. 4.4.1.10. A participant in the Community Work Experience Program (CWEP), a work experience activity operated in public and non-profit agencies; or 4.4.1.11. A participant in Community and Personal Development Services including participation in parenting activities, structured mentoring activities, financial, nutritional, emotional, and other personal development counseling, volunteer work with local community-based agencies and sheltered workshops. 4.4.2. WV WORKS Work-Eligible Requirement. There are circumstances in which only one parent in a two-parent home is participating in a WV Works activity, but the family may still need and qualify for child care assistance. To receive child care as a WV Works participant, at least one parent in the home must be determined “work-eligible” by a WV WORKS Family Support Specialist and participating in an approved activity. The WV Works worker should supply information regarding each parent’s work-eligible status and activity information before child care can be approved. The other parent in the home may be exempt from the work requirement because they are receiving SSI. However, these individuals may elect to be “work eligible.” If they elect work eligibility, they must also participate in an approved activity. 4.4.3. WV WORKS: Two Parent Households 4.4.3.1. If both parents are “work eligible,” child care time can be approved for the parents to participate in their required WV Works Activities.