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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 18

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 24 Chapter 18 WV WORKS Activities/Requirements

Participation for Work-Eligible Individuals is calculated on the actual hours of attendance or participation each month. The Case Manager records the excused absences as a monthly total and records how the total hours were computed in the eligibility system. The following guidelines are used to determine actual hours of attendance/participation for planned school breaks, holidays and individual absences. 18.4.4.A Planned School Breaks School breaks are not counted as participation hours. Only federally designated holidays which occur during the regular school year are counted as participation hours. 18.4.4.B Holidays Only federally designated holidays may be counted as days worked when the participant would normally have been scheduled. These include New Year’s, Martin Luther King Day, Washington’s Birthday (President’s Day), Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. Missed Work Activity Example 1: Mr. Ivy is scheduled Monday through Thursday in his activity. A federal holiday falls on a Friday. He must not receive participation credit for this holiday. Missed Work Activity Example 2: Mr. Ficus attends his activity six hours per day Monday through Friday. A federal holiday falls on a Monday. He receives six hours of participation credit for this holiday.

NOTE: In order to receive planned school break hours, holiday hours, or excused absence hours for missed work, the participant must have been scheduled to attend the activity at that time. The hours credited must not exceed the activity hours scheduled for that day.