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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 18

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 109 Chapter 18 WV WORKS Activities/Requirements

For the third month she can continue in ABE until she obtains her high school equivalency as long as she is making satisfactory progress towards program completion.

West Virginia may qualify to count up to 6 additional weeks for participation credit in JR when declared a needy state by the ACF. When this occurs the time limit will be 12 weeks for the last 12 month period; 240 completed hours for an individual with 20 hours per week work requirement or 360 completed hours for an individual with 30 hours per week work requirement. No more than four of these weeks may be consecutive. All other activity requirements and restrictions remain the same. Changes in the hourly requirement due to changes in West Virginia’s status as a needy state are effective the month after the change occurs. JR Time Limit Example 1: Mr. Pine has a 20 hours per week participation requirement. He attends substance abuse treatment five hours per week and works 15 hours per week for a total of 20 countable participation hours. The substance abuse treatment is counted as JR and may be counted as participation for up to 120 or 240 hours. Participation for JR may be counted as follows: Five hours of participation could be counted for each week and recorded in the eligibility system. This would total 20 hours of participation or the first week of the 6- or 12-week limit of JR.

Component Scheduled Hours Completed Hours Monthly Excused Hours Monthly Holiday Hours JR 60 60

AB 90 90

Component Scheduled Hours Completed Hours Monthly Excused Hours Monthly Holiday Hours PU 65 65

JR 20 20