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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 18

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 123 Chapter 18 WV WORKS Activities/Requirements

Determining Hours of Participation Example 2: $422 WV WORKS Benefit + $640 SNAP Benefit $1,062 + $225 CSI and Pass-through $1,287 Total -$50 Child Support Retained by BCSE $1,237 ÷$8.75 141.37 hours = 141 assigned participation obligation hours Under no circumstances is the client required to participate more than 40 hours in one week. Participants assigned to CWEP, JOIN, Other Work Experience, or Community Service components must also be enrolled in the FLSA (FL) component. FL is not a work component, it is an eligibility system reporting mechanism which indicates the point where the individual is deemed to be meeting his Core participation requirements based on the FL calculation. The actual hours are scheduled using the WV WORKS FLSA Computation Sheet, DFA-WVW-FLSA- 1 or in the eligibility system and are entered in the FL and Work Experience components and documented in Work Program comments. Required hours based on the FLSA calculation are entered as scheduled hours for the FL component unless the FLSA calculation exceeds the minimum participation requirements. The scheduled hours in the eligibility system must not exceed the minimum monthly participation rate requirements. The participant may be required on their SSP to participate for the FLSA computed hours, but no sanction may be imposed as long as the minimum level is met. Thorough case comments must be made. At the end of the reporting period, the Worker must record the actual hours completed in the appropriate Core components, CW, JN, WE, or CS, and the hours scheduled by FLSA computations are re-entered in the FL component as completed hours. The scheduled and completed hours entered for FL component will be the same as the FLSA calculation. Refer to the FSPU-12 desk guide or Appendix E. There may be some fluctuation in the number of hours worked each week to meet the requirements of the contractor. This is acceptable as long as the total number of hours per month is met, but not exceeded. If the hours reported in the Core work activity equal the number of hours assigned in the FLSA- related activity component, the participant will be deemed to be meeting the Core participation