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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 18
West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 150 Chapter 18 WV WORKS Activities/Requirements
Payment may be made for relocation expenses as follows: WV WORKS Activity System Component Limitations Continued Support Services/Job Retention PL $1,500 per lifetime per household Employment Assistance Program EA Employment: Unsubsidized, Full- or Part-time FU, FV, FB, PU, PV, PB Temporary Barrier – Sexual harassment and domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking TV 18.19.3.H Transportation The participant must attend an allowable activity for each day that a transportation payment is issued. • Payments are made to a participant who is beginning to participate in an activity to ensure that transportation is not a barrier. A prepayment of $60 may be authorized for the month of approval only for travel. This prepayment must be deducted from the subsequent transportation payment requested for the initial month. • Transportation payments may be authorized only if expenses have been incurred or are reasonably expected to be incurred. The full amount does not have to be issued. • Payments made for private transportation are intended to cover more than the cost of fuel. Daily payments for travel include a portion of the following expenses: fuel, insurance, vehicle maintenance, minor repairs and parking. • General limitations, in addition to those in Section 18.19.2, are as follows. Limitations specific to an activity are shown in the chart below. o Participants who must travel one mile or less to their place of employment or other participation site are not eligible for payment. In making this determination, consideration must be given to the distance traveled to deliver children to day care. o Those who ride school buses or other conveyances without cost are not eligible for transportation payments for the days such conveyances are used. o Those who use public transportation are reimbursed for the actual cost of the service. o Transportation stipends received from another source must be deducted from any transportation payments requested.