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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 18

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 54 Chapter 18 WV WORKS Activities/Requirements

As part of the Family Stability Well-being column of the West Virginia Bridge Model, the Other Work Activities (OW) component is to be used to track time spent on tasks leading to self- sufficiency or family stability. Individuals placed in this component are considered in the federal participation rate calculation. The OW component will also document the extent in which individuals are involved in other work-related activities that do not count toward the federal participation rates but lead to their self-sufficiency or family stability. Allowable activities include all of the following, but may include other documented SSP activities, agreed upon by the participant and the Case Manager: • Appointments with local resources that may be assisting with overcoming challenges; • Arranging for childcare; • Arranging for housing; • Arranging for transportation or working with Good News Mountaineer Garage; • Child Support meetings or hearings; • Development of the SSP; • Emotional Health Inventory (EHI); • Learning Needs Screening; • Legal Aid appointments; • Orientation; • Referral process for post-secondary education prior to enrollment • Self-Sufficiency Evaluations with Case Manager; • Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) testing; • Time spent with Case Manager during home visit; • Work Keys testing; • Working with Child Protective Services (CPS) for multi-disciplinary treatment (MDT) meetings; • Working with local agencies; or • Any other family stability service needed to improve the family’s circumstances. Assignment of any of these activities must be recorded in eligibility system comments. All OW activities must be reviewed monthly. The Case Manager must update the case comments with the information on the status of the participant. Hours of participation may be documented using a Participation Time Sheet (DFA-TS-12) or by the Case Manager’s notes. The suggested amount of time a participant may be placed in the OW component is 60 days. For placement