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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 18

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 21 Chapter 18 WV WORKS Activities/Requirements

18.4.2.B.1 Participation Requirement ➢ Family Has Minimum Requirement of 150 Hours; Does Not Receive Federally Funded Child Care A minimum of 128 of the average minimum participation hours must be attributable to one or more of the Core Work Activities. Therefore, no more than 22 of the average minimum participation hours may be attributable to one or more of the Non-Core Work Activities. ➢ Family Has Minimum Requirement of 236 Hours; Receives Federally Funded Child Care A minimum of 215 of the minimum participation hours must be attributable to one or more of the Core Work Activities. Therefore, no more than 21 of the minimum participation hours may be attributable to one or more of the Non-Core Work Activities.

Assistance Groups (AG) must complete federally established monthly hours of approved work activities in order to meet the participation requirement. Required monthly participation hours listed in this section are minimum hours only. The number of required participation hours must be included on the participant’s SSP, and in the eligibility NOTE: For the initial month of benefit receipt, required monthly participation begins the first full week after eligibility has been confirmed. As part of the Stronger Family Job Retention column of the WV Bridge Model, the Case Manager must address challenges to participation before the individual is required to begin participation in an allowable activity. To determine the scheduled hours of participation for the initial month, the remaining business days, Monday through Friday, beginning with the Monday after eligibility is confirmed, are used. Actual hours of participation from the participation time sheet, DFA-TS-12, are entered as the completed hours.