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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 18

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 65 Chapter 18 WV WORKS Activities/Requirements

record) authorizes the release of this information to the WorkForce West Virginia centers. Release of assessment testing results to other agencies when appropriate requires completion of the OFS- Release-1. 18.7.6.J Assessment Testing Participation/Support Service Payments Assessment testing (Learning Needs Screening, EHI, TABE, and Work Keys) administered by the Assessment Specialist in the local office or other designated testing location counts as OW hours. Transportation support service payments may be made for assessment testing attendance/completion. 18.7.6.K Substance Abuse If the participant indicates substance abuse problems, the Case Manager should make a referral for evaluation and counseling prior to scheduling assessment testing. Any determination of substance abuse problems is based on statements made by the participant, not on the feelings or perceptions of the Case Manager.

The PRC contains information and requirements applicable to all Work-Eligible Individuals. The eligibility system allows for the recording and printing the SSP. Changes must be saved in the case management system. The promotion of self-sufficiency is accomplished primarily through the use of the SSP. The SSP is completed during a negotiation between the Case Manager and the adult(s) and/or emancipated minor(s) in each AG or non-recipient Work-Eligible Individual. During the negotiation, the participant and his family must be encouraged to provide information about the participant’s and his family’s goals for becoming self-sufficient and the means by which the goals may be achieved. If the participant does not have defined self-sufficiency goals, the Case Manager must encourage him to consider such goals in consultation with his family before the SSP is updated. The Case Manager must explore all of the desires and work goals presented by the participant and his family to determine which are possible, which can be accomplished with the resources