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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 18
West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 135 Chapter 18 WV WORKS Activities/Requirements
18.17 PROVIDING CHILD CARE FOR A COMMUNITY SERVICE PARTICIPANT (CC)
Providing child care services without payment to an individual who is participating in a community service program means providing child care to enable another Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)/WV WORKS participant to participate in a community service program. Participants must be supervised daily.
Participants in this component must be working closely with a Child Care Agency to obtain certification to become a certified West Virginia Child Care Provider. This certification should be obtained within six months. The Child Care Agency must supervise the participant’s activity on a daily basis and submit the DFA-TS-12 timesheet each month. If the participant is not working with a Child Care Agency to obtain certification, then the activity must not be counted towards participation.
In addition to the timesheet provided by the Child Care Agency, the participant must also submit a timesheet each month. Parents for whom the participant is working must sign this timesheet each day that care is provided for their child. The Case Manager may use information on this timesheet to check against the timesheets being provided by the Community Service Agencies for which the parents are working. This will ensure that the information being reported is complete and correct.
NOTE: This activity does not include providing child care to enable a TANF/WV WORKS participant to participate in any of the other allowable work activities.
NOTE: In a two-parent family, or in a family with a parent and stepparent, one parent or stepparent cannot count as participating in a work activity by providing child care for his or her own child or stepchild while the other parent or stepparent participates in Community Service. Also, no more than one Work-Eligible Individual may receive credit for caring for the child(ren).