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Title: Welfare Transition


1
Welfare Transition
  • Work Activity Definitions
  • August 2007

2
PRWORA
  • Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
    Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996
  • Changed welfare from an entitlement into a work
    program
  • 12 work activity categories were named
  • The work activity categories provided by the
    federal government under this Act did not have
    definitions, states determined what services and
    activities would be allowed under each category

3
Deficit Reduction Act
  • In 2006, the Deficit Reduction Act reauthorized
    the original TANF block grant
  • Directed Secretary of Health and Human Services
    (HHS) to publish regulations
  • States were defining the work activities
    differently
  • Some states allowed very broad definitions, which
    allowed a lot of different services as countable
    work activities
  • For example, caring for a sick family member or
    going to substance abuse treatment was considered
    community service in some states
  • The states were not being compared equally based
    on the work activity definition differences

4
Deficit Reduction Act
  • Regulations must ensure consistent measurement of
    work participation rates by
  • Defining work activities and what types of
    services were allowable to receive credit for
    hours under work activities
  • Defining who is required to participate in work
    activities and will be included in the work
    participation rates, work eligible
  • Establishing equal and stringent supervision and
    documentation requirements for all states

5
Deficit Reduction Act
  • Interim Final Regulations
  • Required each state to develop work activities
    consistent with definitions based on the federal
    definitions of the work categories
  • Required each state to submit a work verification
    plan
  • Required the states plan to be approved and
    implemented by September 30, 2007

6
Deficit Reduction Act
  • The States Work Verification Plan must
  • Describe all of the services included under each
    work activity
  • To receive credit for hours participating in the
    work activity, the services must meet federal
    definitions
  • Describe how countable hours are identified,
    credited and proven
  • Describe the supervisory process for each unpaid
    activity
  • Describe documentation requirements for each
    activity
  • Describe monitoring and internal controls

7
Participation Rates
  • States are required to engage all work eligible
    TANF recipients in the employment and training
    program
  • States are to engage participants in work
    activities that help the participants reach their
    goals and ultimately self-sufficiency
  • Success is gauged by the percentage of
    participants that actually attend certain
    activities
  • Engaged in specific countable work activities
  • Engaged in a specific number of hours in core
    activities
  • May be engaged in additional hours in core plus
    activities once the core requirement is met for
    the family

8
Participation Rates
  • The number of hours required in a core activity
    depend
  • On the family type
  • The participation rate being calculated

9
Credit for Participation Rates
  • All Family Rate
  • 20 hours in core activity(ies)
  • 30 hours total
  • Inclusions
  • All two-parent families
  • All single-parent families
  • Exclusions
  • Subject to sanction
  • Single parent family with a child under 12 months
    (time limited)
  • Exceptions
  • Child under the age of six requires only 20 hours
    total (all in core activities)
  • Two-Parent Family Rate
  • If subsidized childcare is received and neither
    parent is disabled
  • 50 hours in core activity(ies)
  • 55 hours total
  • Subsidized childcare is not received and neither
    parent is disabled
  • 30 hours in core activity(ies)
  • 35 hours total
  • Exclusions
  • Families with a parent that has a documented
    limitation/disability lasting greater than 30
    days and entered in OSST as a medical deferral
    lasting greater than 30 days
  • Subject to sanction

10
Participation Rates
  • The State must prove that half of all families
    with a work eligible adult receiving assistance
    are participating in work activities that are
  • Designed to engage the parent in reaching goals
  • Designed to engage the parent in gaining skills
  • Designed to move the family from welfare to work

11
Participation Rates
  • The State must demonstrate that 90 percent of
    two-parent families with work eligible adults
    receiving assistance are participating in work
    activities that are
  • Designed to engage the parents in reaching goals
  • Designed to engage the parents in gaining skills
  • Designed to move the family from welfare to work

12
What is Assignment Versus Credit?
  • The PRWORA (from which the Federal Regulations
    are derived)
  • Requires a family receiving cash assistance to be
    engaged in a work program
  • Further limited to work eligible individuals in
    2006
  • Requires work eligible individuals in a family
    receiving cash assistance to engage in work
    activities defined under Federal Regulations
  • Gives states credit for engaging a work eligible
    participant in a minimum number of hours in
    certain work activities defined by the Federal
    Regulations

13
What is Assignment Versus Credit?
  • We assign participants to activities based on
  • Goals
  • Needs
  • Work activity definition/requirements
  • A participant cannot be required to do more than
    40 hours per week based on Florida Statutes
  • We do not assign hours based on what the
    participant may get credit for under deeming
    (Community Service/Work Experience)

14
What is Assignment Versus Credit?
  • We assign participants to hours in work
    activities to ensure participants are moving in
    the right direction
  • Most RWBs require that each work eligible parent
    complete between 35 and 40 hours per week

15
What is Assignment Versus Credit?
  • But what do we get credit for?
  • Engaging families in the minimum number of hours
    in work activities
  • Based on family type
  • Recording that the families completed the minimum
    number of hours in countable work activities
  • Retaining documentation that the families
    completed the minimum number of hours in
    countable work activities

16
Assignment Versus Credit?
  • We record what a participant actually completed
    based on
  • The number of supervised hours a participant
    actually completes
  • The number of supervised hours recorded on signed
    documentation
  • Deeming requirements (Work Experience and
    Community Service only)
  • Sometimes a participant completes more than (s)he
    is assigned
  • Sometimes a participant is credited with more
    hours than they actually completed (Deeming)

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Assignment Versus Credit?
  • Critical elements for accountability
  • Participants need to
  • Recognize the assigned activities
  • Recognize assigned hours
  • Recognize and understand expectations to complete
    steps to achieve goals
  • Hourly requirements
  • Must be in writing
  • Must be agreed on by both parties

19
Question
  • The participant has not come to an appointment.
    This is his first meeting/orientation. The
    requirement is not in writing. Can he still be
    held accountable for not attending?

20
Answer
  • Yes
  • There will be some circumstances when a
    requirement may not be in writing and signed in
    the IRP
  • Orientation letter
  • Appointment letter
  • Activity agreed on over the phone after a
    counseling contact

21
Answer
  • However, if we meet with the participant,
    requirements should be reviewed, put in writing,
    agreed on and signed by both parties
  • Written requirements demonstrate an agreement
    with the participant
  • Written requirements provide a reminder for the
    participant

22
Assignment Versus Credit?
  • Case managers should discuss with participants
    how to document their hours using time sheets,
    pay stubs, job search forms, etc.
  • Case managers should review with participants
  • How to fill out the document
  • How to secure signatures from the correct party
  • What information is required for the document to
    be accepted
  • When the documentation is due

23
Assignment Versus Credit?
  • Case managers should encourage participants to
    complete required hours
  • Case mangers should encourage participants not to
    exceed hours required for the program
  • Especially for worksite activities
  • The RWB may opt to create a disclosure document
    regarding completing hours above the number
    assigned by the RWB

24
Work Activities
FAIRPAY!
Need Work!
25
Work Activity Categories
  • Twelve federal work activity categories
  • Unsubsidized Employment
  • Subsidized Private Sector Employment
  • Subsidized Public Sector Employment
  • Work Experience
  • Job Search and Job Readiness Assistance
  • Community Service Programs
  • Vocational Educational Training
  • On-the-Job Training
  • Providing Childcare
  • Education Directly Related to Employment
  • Job Skills Training Directly Related to
    Employment
  • Satisfactory Attendance in a Secondary Education
    Program

26
Work Activity Categories
  • Federal core activities
  • Unsubsidized Employment
  • Subsidized Private Sector Employment
  • Subsidized Public Sector Employment
  • Work Experience
  • Job Search and Job Readiness Assistance
  • Community Service Programs
  • Vocational Educational Training
  • On-the-Job Training
  • Providing Childcare

27
Work Activity Categories
  • Federal core plus activities
  • Job Skills Training Directly Related to
    Employment
  • Education Directly Related to Employment
  • Satisfactory Attendance at a Secondary School or
    in a Course of Study Leading to a GED

28
What Counts for Teens?
  • Teens without a diploma or GED and are under age
    20 will be included in the numerator of the
    participation rate if they are a
  • Single parent family
  • And satisfactorily attend a GED or diploma
    program each week
  • And participate in 20 hours a week in Education
    Directly Related to Employment
  • Two-parent family
  • And both satisfactorily attend a GED or diploma
    program each week
  • And both participate in 20 hours a week in
    Education Directly Related to Employment

29
Question
  • Can the teen parents without a GED or diploma
    participate in different activities (for a
    two-parent family)?
  • One parent may be in a GED program and the other
    in 20 hours of Education Directly Related to
    Employment
  • The activity is based on the participants age,
    receipt of a high school diploma or an
    equivalency diploma, and the participants goals

30
Work Activity Definitions
31
Unsubsidized Employment
  • Is a full or part-time job in the public or
    private sector
  • Wages are paid by the employer and are not
    subsidized by any public program
  • Included in this definition are
  • Employers who receive tax subsidies for hiring
    lower income individuals
  • Individuals who are self-employed
  • Includes
  • Employers claiming a tax credit
  • Labor in exchange for services (in-kind work)
  • Self-employment

32
Unsubsidized Employment
  • Hours spent in unsubsidized employment are
    assumed to be supervised based on wages
  • Employment verification must be received prior to
    recording the job on the Skill Development screen
  • Documentation verifying employment must include
    wages at hire, hours at hire, start date,
    employers name, etc.

33
Unsubsidized Employment-Self Employment
  • The individual is both the employee and employer
  • May include in-kind work (work for services
    rendered, rent, etc.)
  • Countable hours are determined by
  • Dividing the individuals documented income
    (gross income less business expenses) by the
    higher of the Florida or federal minimum wage
  • Case managers cannot take a participants
    statement of hours and pay when recording
    self-employment

34
Subsidized Employment
  • The employer receives a subsidy from TANF or
    other public funds to offset wages and/or costs
    of employing a recipient
  • Private subsidized employment means the subsidy
    comes from a private entity or program
  • Public subsidized employment means the subsidy
    comes from a public entity or program
  • Types of subsidized employment include
  • Work supplementation
  • Incentive payments
  • Third party contractor
  • Supported work for individuals with disabilities
  • Work study (public only)

35
Subsidized Employment
  • Must be supervised daily
  • Supervision is assumed based on documentation of
    pay for all subsidized employment
  • If employment is subsidized by TANF funds, the
    participant must be supervised daily and hours
    must be documented by the designated supervising
    party
  • Justifies the use of TANF funds
  • Documents the hours completed to support the use
    of funds
  • Daily supervision must be documented and
    submitted no later than every two weeks

36
On-the-Job Training
  • Is training provided to a paid employee while
    (s)he is working full-time
  • The employer or an educational institution
    provides training to the participant to gain
    skills for job position
  • The employer (or education institution on behalf
    the employer) receives a subsidy
  • The employer is expected to retain the
    participant as a regular employee (without a
    subsidy) after training is completed

37
On-the-Job Training
  • The difference between Subsidized Public or
    Private Employment is the focus of the activity
  • OJT is paid training while working full-time

38
On-the-Job Training
  • Contracts must be developed for TANF funded OJT
    programs
  • Expectation of retaining employee upon completion
  • Job title of the participant
  • Goals of training and employment
  • Skills required to learn for the job position
  • Reasons for immediate termination
  • OJT begin and end dates
  • Parties responsible for supervising progress and
    documenting participation

39
Work Experience
  • Is defined as structured work in exchange for
    public benefits (specifically cash assistance and
    food stamps)
  • It is engagement with an employer for individuals
    who
  • Are not able to gain employment and lack work
    experience
  • Must provide an opportunity to gain
  • General employability skills
  • Work habits necessary for obtaining employment
  • Training
  • Specific job knowledge

40
Work Experience
  • Prior to placement
  • Work experience providers must be evaluated to
    match the participant
  • With a position that is related to his/her goals
  • With an employer who has related needs

41
Work Experience
  • Work Experience must be
  • Intensely supervised
  • Designated by a contract or agreement
  • Work Experience may be performed with
  • A public or private not-for-profit entity
  • A public or private for-profit entity

42
Work Experience
  • Displacement
  • Employers must notify their employees of their
    rights
  • To report and dispute displacement from
    employment as a result of Work Experience or
    Community Service
  • How to report acts of displacement
  • Cannot fire a paid employee to fill the position
    with a Work Experience participant
  • Cannot fail to fill an open position to use a
    Work Experience participant

43
Work Experience
  • The contract regarding the participants worksite
    must include
  • Party(ies) responsible for supervising the
    participant on a daily basis
  • Party(ies) responsible for signing time
    sheets/documentation of completed hours
  • The contract for the participants worksite
    participation should include
  • Job title
  • Clear job description
  • The connection between the worksite and the
    participants goals

44
Work Experience
  • Work experience contracts must also include
  • Performance benchmarks
  • What will the participant be required to achieve
    prior to completion?
  • What skills the participant must gain during the
    Work Experience?
  • What are the expectations of the employer?
  • Goals
  • Outcomes
  • Time limits

45
Work Experience
  • Hours assigned for the month
  • Cannot be greater than the calculation
  • Cash assistance amount Food Stamp Allotment /
    the higher of the two minimum wage (Florida or
    federal)
  • Hours the participant is required to complete
    each week must be included in the IRP
  • Currently, the monthly total may be further
    divided by 4.3 to assign weekly hours and develop
    a schedule
  • Those hours must be agreed on by the participant
    and career specialist
  • Should be written in the steps-to-self-sufficiency

46
Work Experience
  • Hours assigned/calculated should be included in
    the case notes
  • Hours assigned must be entered on the activity
    screen (weekly)
  • Because the benefits may change monthly, the
    hours assigned to a worksite must be reviewed and
    updated monthly
  • Update the steps to self-sufficiency
  • Update case notes
  • Update the Skill Development screen

47
Community Service Programs
  • Are structured programs at not-for-profit
    organizations
  • Projects must serve a useful community purpose in
    one of the following fields
  • Health, social services, environmental
    protection, education, urban and rural
    redevelopment, welfare, recreation, public
    facilities, public safety and childcare
  • Must be designed to improve employability/help
    participant reach employment goals

48
Community Service
  • Displacement
  • Employers must notify their employees of their
    rights
  • To report and dispute displacement from
    employment
  • How to report acts of displacement
  • Cannot fire a paid employee to fill the position
    with a Work Experience participant
  • Cannot fail to fill an open position to use a
    Work Experience participant

49
Community Service
  • The contract regarding the participants worksite
    must include
  • Party(ies) responsible for supervising the
    participant on a daily basis
  • Party(ies) responsible for signing time
    sheets/documentation of completed hours
  • The contract for the participants worksite
    participation should include
  • Job title
  • Clear job description
  • How the worksite serves a useful community
    purpose

50
Community Service Programs
  • Hours assigned
  • Cannot be greater for the month than the
    calculation allows
  • Cash assistance Food Stamp allotment / the
    highest of the federal or State minimum wage

51
Community Service
  • Hours the participant is required to complete
    each week must be included in the IRP
  • Currently, the monthly total may be further
    divided by 4.3 to assign weekly hours and develop
    a schedule
  • Those hours must be agreed on by the participant
    and career specialist
  • Should be written in the steps-to-self
    sufficiency
  • Should be entered in the case notes

52
The Gift of Deeming
  • Applies only to the worksite activities
  • Work Experience
  • Community Service
  • Has three principle components
  • Core hours based on the family type
  • Calculated monthly hours at the worksite for the
    family
  • Actual hours completed at the worksite(s) by the
    family

53
Deeming
  • A family may be given credit for the core hours
  • Currently, the JPR screen records weekly hours.
    The family may be given credit for all core hours
    if the family completes all required hours for
    the week
  • Some regions have developed local operating
    procedures to give the family core credit for
    completing required hours during the month
  • The procedure must be written
  • All staff should follow the local procedure

54
Deeming-Assigning versus Credit
  • Credit
  • Family completes all required hours for the week
    or month
  • The required hours are based on the calculation
  • The career specialist enters the core hours on
    the JPR screen for the weeks/month based on the
    family type
  • The career specialist enters a case note
    including
  • Calculated hours for the month and the week
  • The hours completed
  • The number of hours deemed
  • Assigning
  • Family is assigned hours based on the calculation
  • Two-parent family may share hours or one parent
    may complete all hours provided the parent is not
    required to complete more than 40 hours per week
  • No family must be required to complete more than
    the hours calculated
  • No individual must be required to complete more
    than 40 hours per week

55
Deeming-Assigning versus Credit
56
Monthly Deeming
  • Some RWBs may implement monthly deeming
  • This allows the RWB to maximize deeming based on
    the number of weeks in the month the participant
    will engage in a worksite rather than dividing by
    an average number of weeks in the month of 4.3

57
Monthly Deeming
  • The calculation for monthly deeming is
  • Cash assistance combined with the monthly Food
    Stamp allotment divided by the higher of the two
    minimum wages (Florida or federal)
  • This total number of monthly hours is then
    divided by the number of weeks left in the month
    or the number of weeks the family will
    participate in work activities
  • This allows for make-up hours to be completed in
    a week if hours are missed in another week
    provided a participant is not required to
    complete more than 40 hour per week

58
Monthly Deeming-Example
  • I met with the family on May 21, 2007 to begin
    the work activity process, Participant 1 has just
    finished the assessment process
  • P1 is in need of work experience and has
    clarified her employment goals, so she is a good
    candidate for our work experience program
  • P1 is a single parent and will complete all the
    work activities for her family

59
Deeming-Assigning versus Credit
  • Carla received 241 in cash and 181 in food stamps
    for June 2007
  • Based on the calculation, Carla is required to
    complete 63 hours at a worksite for this month
  • Because one week of June 2007 is over and there
    are only four weeks in June 2007, there are only
    three weeks for Carla to complete the 63 hours
    for the month
  • The 63 hours are divided by three weeks
  • Carla is assigned to 21 hours a week for the next
    three weeks at a worksite and 15 hours in
    computer classes designed to help her gain skills
    to become a secretary (based on her goal)
  • If she does all of her hours and provides the
    appropriate documentation, what do we enter on
    her JPR screen?

60
Deeming-Assigning versus Credit
  • We would enter her exact education hours (15
    hours)
  • If she completes her required worksite hours for
    the month, we can enter either
  • the core hours of 20 per week or
  • the monthly total the last week of the month
  • Monday must be in the same month (June 2007)
  • Four Mondays in June at 20 core hours each week
    is 80 hours for the month

61
When is Deeming not Appropriate?
  • The family is assigned to fewer hours than the
    calculation requires
  • The family does not complete all required hours
    even though the hours were assigned based on the
    calculation
  • In all these situations, the JPR screen should
    reflect the actual hours completed

62
Quirks of Implementation
  • The JPR screen records weekly hours not monthly,
    so how do we record this?
  • RWBs must develop Local Operating Procedures
  • Some regions have stated they would deem monthly
    (LOP required)
  • Otherwise, regions must deem weekly until OSST is
    updated to accommodate monthly deeming

63
Question
  • But, her education hours will be 15 per week
    (completed) combined with 80 hours at a worksite
    (total deemed)
  • This is over 40 hours a week, are we breaking the
    law?

64
Answer
  • No, the RWB did not assign over 40 hours per week
  • The participant received credit for over 40 hours
    per week based on the deeming provisions

65
Job Search and Job Readiness Assistance
  • The act of seeking or obtaining employment, as
    well as learning how to find a job
  • Orientation to the world of work
  • Learning how to complete an application
  • Applying for jobs
  • Resume development
  • Interviewing skills
  • Learning about appropriate dress
  • Career planning
  • Soft skills (including job retention skills)

66
Job Search and Job Readiness Assistance
  • May include
  • Workshops
  • Classroom activities
  • Working with job developers
  • Job matching and receiving job referrals
  • Access to resource centers
  • Submitting applications and resumes
  • Completing follow-up calls
  • Attending interviews

67
Job Search and Job Readiness Assistance
  • May include
  • Substance abuse treatment
  • Mental health treatment
  • Rehabilitative activities
  • Only for individuals
  • Who are certified to need care by a professional
    and
  • Who are otherwise employable
  • Meaning the participant has no other major
    barrier to employment except one of the above-
    mentioned items

68
Question?
  • Does the medical professional have to sign off on
    every hour in treatment?
  • No
  • Every hour must be verified by a responsible
    party
  • Depends on the activity
  • AA meeting leader
  • Therapy counselor
  • Other counselor

69
Job Search and Job Readiness Assistance
  • Hours in treatment are recorded as job search
    hours
  • Remember-weeks in job search are time limited
  • Weeks of job search are limited to four
    consecutive weeks in a FFY or six cumulative
    weeks in a FFY

70
Job Search and Job Readiness Assistance
  • So, use time in Job Search and Job Readiness
    Assistance wisely
  • Job Search and Job Readiness Assistance
  • Is not a back-up activity
  • Is not an activity for those that are not ready
    to seek and obtain employment

71
Job Search and Job ReadinessDiscussion
  • Supervision
  • HHS has stressed that Job Search and Job
    Readiness Assistance must by supervised daily by
    a responsible party
  • Career specialist
  • Contracted provider
  • Teacher or program administrator
  • Job development staff
  • Etc.

72
Job Search and Job ReadinessDiscussion
  • Credit for hours
  • HHS has stated that the State may not enter hours
    for credit on the JPR screen unless the hours in
    Job Search and Job Readiness Assistance are
    supervised daily and are documented hour for hour

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Vocational Educational Training
  • Prepares the participant for employment in
    current or emerging occupations through organized
    training
  • Gives the participant knowledge and skills to
    perform a specific occupation
  • Must be State approved training in Floridas
    vocational technical centers, community college
    and proprietary schools

74
Vocational Educational Training
  • Currently does not include
  • Baccalaureate or other advanced degrees
  • Unsupervised homework
  • May include
  • Basic skills remediation if it is embedded in the
    vocational program
  • Participants dually enrolled in GED and
    vocational program can only receive credit for
    vocation hours under this category

75
Vocational Educational Training
  • Participants engaged in Vocational Educational
    Training that will be included in the
    participation rate must
  • Be supervised daily
  • Have documentation signed demonstrating daily
    supervision

76
Question?
  • So what does it include now?
  • Programs established for
  • Vocational institutions
  • Trades
  • Employers (customized training) organized by a
    vocational or educational institution
  • Certifications

77
Job Skills Training Directly Related to
Employment
  • Education or training to obtain skills required
    by an employer so the participant can
  • Advance
  • Adapt to the changing demands of the workplace
  • Obtain employment

78
Job Skills Training Directly Related to
Employment
  • May include
  • Customized training for an employer
  • Or
  • General training that prepares an individual for
    employment with an employer

79
Job Skills Training Directly Related to Employment
  • This may include
  • English proficiency instruction or other language
    instruction, if necessary, to enable the
    participant to perform a specific job by an
    employer
  • Must be explicitly focused on skills needed for a
    job or combined in a training program

80
Job Skills Training Directly Related to Employment
  • How do we know what an employer needs?
  • Customer surveys that the RWB may already be
    using
  • Commerce
  • Consortiums
  • Written surveys
  • Direct engagement by employer services
  • Engagement by job development staff
  • Information secured through job descriptions
  • Information in Employ Florida Marketplace

81
Education Directly Related to Employment
  • Limited to participants who do not have a high
    school diploma or GED
  • Education directly related to a specific
    occupation, job or job offer
  • May include adult basic education, language
    instruction, or education leading to a GED when
    required by an employer

82
Education Directly Related to Employment
  • Individuals engaged in an activity under this
    category must be making satisfactory progress to
    receive credit for the participation rate

83
Education Directly Related to Employment
  • If there is a secondary education component
  • Satisfactory progress using standardized tests
    (e.g., TABE) for programs including basic
    education elements must be used
  • The participant must take a pre-test or a test to
    establish a baseline once the participant enters
    the WT program
  • The assessment must be administered using
    appropriate methods
  • Avoid over assessing
  • Avoid manipulating scores by changing the level
    of the TABE drastically
  • Record test type and results on Plan Development
    screen

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Education Directly Related to Employment
  • If the education is employment/job specific and
    does not contain basic education components
  • Secure progress from instructor on a regular
    basis
  • This is in addition to attendance
  • This must include progress towards completing
    training with a certificate and skills to secure
    employment

85
Education Directly Related to Employment
  • Remember, this activity may be used for a
    participant that does not have a high school
    diploma or a GED
  • The participant will be counted if (s)he engages
    in the activity for a minimum of 20 documented
    hours per week
  • This activity may count as full-time
    participation for teens without a high school
    diploma or GED
  • Teens must also demonstrate satisfactory
    attendance

86
Satisfactory Attendance at aSecondary School
  • Regular attendance at a secondary school or in a
    course of study leading to a certificate of
    general equivalence
  • Is limited to participants without a high school
    diploma or GED
  • Participants must attend classes regularly
  • GED or secondary diploma
  • Regular attendance is based (for teens) on the
    educational institutions definition of
    satisfactory attendance

87
Satisfactory Attendance at aSecondary School
  • May include other literacy education if required
    to secure a high school diploma or a GED
  • May include adult basic education directly
    related to obtaining high school diploma or GED

88
Satisfactory Attendance at aSecondary School
  • Individual must be making satisfactory progress
  • Satisfactory progress using standardized tests
    (e.g., TABE) for programs including basic
    education elements must be used
  • The participant must take a pre-test or a test to
    establish a baseline once the participant enters
    the WT program

89
Satisfactory Attendance at aSecondary School
  • The assessment must be administered using
    appropriate methods
  • Avoid over-assessing
  • Avoid manipulating scores by changing the level
    of the TABE drastically
  • Record test type and results on Plan Development
    screen

90
Providing Childcare Services
  • Participant provides childcare for another
    participant who is completing Community Service
    hours
  • Staff must communicate with each individual by
    telephone or in person to provide supervision and
    offer any assistance that may be helpful
  • Evidence of daily supervision must be maintained
    by staff and retained in the case file

91
Providing Childcare Services
  • The Community Service participant must maintain
    his/her own time sheet for worksite hours to
    demonstrate the number of hours completed at a
    worksite and the number of hours a childcare
    provider was needed
  • The Community Service participant or parent must
    sign off on the Childcare Providers timesheet
    documenting the number of hours childcare was
    provided

92
Providing Childcare Services
  • Hours for providing childcare cannot be greater
    than the completed Community Service hours
  • Does not include two-parent families watching
    their own children

93
  • If you have any questions, comments, or
    concerns, please contact the Welfare
  • Transition Team through the Agency for
  • Workforce Innovations Call Center at
  • 1-866-352-2345

An equal opportunity employer/program. Auxiliary
aids and services are available upon request to
individuals with disabilities. All voice
telephone numbers on this document may be reached
by persons using TTY/TDD equipment via the
Florida Relay Service at 711.
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