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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 18
West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 164 Chapter 18 WV WORKS Activities/Requirements
18.20 PAYMENTS TO EMPLOYERS AND TRAINING FACILITIES The following instructions apply to issuing payments to employers and providers of skills training.
EIP employers are reimbursed up to 50% of the participant’s gross wages. Payments are issued monthly and are based on information from the time sheet, DFA-TS-12.
ESP employers are reimbursed 100% of the participant’s gross wages. Payments are issued based on information from the time sheet, DFA-TS-12 and Employer Reimbursement Request, DFA-ESP-2.
A training contract payment can be made only in response to an invoice from the service provider and payment must be made directly to the vendor. Care must be taken to ensure that the payment limit is not exceeded for any contract. Supervisors must monitor the negotiation of these contracts and the payments made to vendors to determine if problems exist and to take corrective action, as necessary. Payment may be made for life skills training such as, but not limited to: parenting and financial literacy. Existing programs offered by other agencies must be used first when available without cost.