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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 18

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 90 Chapter 18 WV WORKS Activities/Requirements

• Number of sanctions that have been or are currently being imposed and information about sanctions still pending • Whether or not the participant met his work participation requirement in any of the past 12 months, and if so, which months and why the participation ended • Any special or unusual circumstances in the family • Case Manager and/or Supervisor decision, including reason, about whether or not the family should continue to be eligible beyond 24 months without meeting the minimum five-hour work requirement. Step 3: If the decision is to close the WV WORKS AG, the appropriate notice procedures are followed. When the case is closed due to failure to meet the work requirement at the end of the 24-month limit, the parent or caretaker must actually be engaged in work, according to the above definition, prior to approval for the 25th month. See Section 1.5, to determine the beginning date of eligibility when the participant reapplies after losing eligibility because the 24-month work requirement was not met. When the AG is closed at or after the end of 24 months for some reason other than failure to meet the 24-month work requirement, and a reapplication is made, the AG must be approved, if otherwise eligible, and the caretaker(s) given the opportunity to engage in a work activity for at least the minimum five hours per week. If the AG does not comply, a home visit must be completed prior to case closure.

EXCEPTION: A parent with a newborn child has good cause while the child is less than 12 weeks of age for failure to meet the 24-month work requirement.