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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 18

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page vi Chapter 18 WV WORKS Activities/Requirements

18.7.18 SUBSTANCE ABUSE TESTING AND REFERRAL .............................................80 18.7.18.A Drug Testing .................................................................................................80 18.7.18.A.1 Applicant Disagrees with Results ..............................................................81 18.7.18.B First Positive Drug Testing Result .................................................................81 18.7.18.C Second Positive Drug Testing Result ............................................................82 18.7.18.D Third Positive Drug Testing Result ................................................................83 18.7.18.E Protective Payee for a Positive Drug Test .....................................................84 18.7.18.F Required Referral to Children and Adult Services .........................................84 18.8 REQUIREMENT FOR BEING ENGAGED IN WORK ..................................................... 85 18.8.1 WORK PARTICIPATION AS AN ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT .............................85 18.8.1.A Job Ready ........................................................................................................85 18.8.1.B Good Cause .....................................................................................................85 18.8.2 WORK PARTICIPATION AS AN ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT AT 24 MONTHS OF BENEFIT RECEIPT ...............................................................................................................87 18.9 WORK REQUIREMENT ACTIVITIES ............................................................................. 91 18.9.1 DEFINITION OF ACTIVITIES ..................................................................................91 18.9.1.A Core Work Activities .........................................................................................91 18.9.1.B Non-Core Work Activities .................................................................................92 18.9.1.C Federal and State Law for Educational Activities ..............................................92 18.9.1.C.1 Federal Law ...............................................................................................92 18.9.1.C.2 State Law ...................................................................................................93 18.10 EMPLOYMENT (UNSUBSIDIZED AND SUBSIDIZED) .................................................. 94 18.10.1 UNSUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT ........................................................................94 18.10.1.A Employment Standards .................................................................................95 18.10.2 SUBSIDIZED PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT ........................95 18.10.2.A Displacement/Replacement ..........................................................................95 18.10.2.B Employment Standards .................................................................................96 18.10.2.C Employment Subsidy Program ......................................................................96 18.10.3 JOB RETENTION FOLLOW-UP ..........................................................................97 18.10.3.A 30-Day Job Retention Contact ......................................................................98