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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 18

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 89 Chapter 18 WV WORKS Activities/Requirements

Any activity must be structured so that documentation is possible. A combination of these activities may be utilized to meet the participation requirements. Good cause for not being engaged in work which meets the above definition at the end of the 24-month limit is determined according to the criteria in Section 14.9. Participants are not automatically exempt from the five-hour per week participation requirement due to being in one of the exemption components in Section 14.7. Good cause must be reviewed monthly and documentation is required. The procedure to follow prior to notification of AG closure is as follows: Step 1: The Case Manager must conduct a home visit to discuss the 24-month work requirement, explain the consequences of failing to meet this requirement and to gather information described below. An office visit or telephone call cannot be substituted for the home visit. Step 2: After the home visit, the Case Manager and/or Supervisor must file a written report in the case record and a detailed recording about the circumstances surrounding AG closure. This report must contain, at a minimum, the following information. Any other information deemed appropriate should be included. • Case name, case number, county of residence, address, telephone number • Number of parents and number of children in the home • Number of office visits in the past 12 months • Number of home/work site visits in the past 12 months • Number of referrals provided to the AG for help in finding their own placement(s) of five hours or more, and date(s) of those referrals NOTE: The WV WORKS benefit is not stopped and no notice of pending closure is sent for failure to meet the 24-month work requirement without first completing the evaluation procedure outlined below. NOTE: SNAP and Medicaid eligibility must be evaluated separately, based on the policy of those programs. NOTE: Although the 60-month lifetime limit normally does not apply to a non-recipient Work- Eligible parent, if another parent is included in the assistance group (AG), the time limit applies to the adult AG members. The 24-month work requirement may be met by one or both parents, including any non-recipient parent in the household.