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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 18

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 124 Chapter 18 WV WORKS Activities/Requirements

requirement, and no additional core hours may be required. 18.15.1.A Meeting the Minimum Hours in FLSA Regulated Components

Single Parent, Child Under Age 6 All Family Household Two-Parent Household Two-Parent Household Receiving Federally- funded Child Care Minimum Monthly Hours Average Weekly Hours Minimum Monthly Hours Average Weekly Hours Minimum Monthly Hours Average Weekly Hours Minimum Monthly Hours Average Weekly Hours Core Hour Requirement 85 20 85 20 128 30 215 50 Work Components: Participation Requirements 85 20 128 30 150 35 236 55 The minimum monthly required core hours of 85 (Single Parent, All Family) and 128 or 215 hours/month (Two-Parent Household) are met if the calculation of the CWEP obligation hours equals less than the minimum average core hours requirement. When this occurs, the Worker must assign additional core or non-core work activities not regulated by FLSA to meet the applicable minimum total of 128, 150, or 236 average participation hours/month. Minimum Core Hours Example 1: Ms. Violet is required to complete 85 hours in a Core activity. She is assigned 67 hours monthly in CWEP using FLSA calculations. The assigned monthly hours of 67 are entered for the work activity, CW, as well as the FL component. When the timesheet is received, actual hours are entered for the work activity, CW. The scheduled hours are re-entered for the FL component. If Ms. Violet completes the 67 hours as scheduled, she is deemed to be meeting her Core requirement. Minimum Core Hours Example 2: In the same scenario as above, Ms. Violet is assigned 67 monthly hours. She actually participates 50 hours for the month and has 12 hours of excused absence for the month. There were no holidays. The following figures are entered in the eligibility system: