Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 016 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Division 20 - Division of County Operations
Rule 016.20.99-020 - TEA Policy 3201 - Work Activity Participation Requirement
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 9, September, 2024
3200 Engaging the Client in Work Activities
Based on information gathered during the assessment and employment planning, the client is immediately engaged in work or one or more work related activities designed to move him or her into full-time employment in the shortest possible time.
When a TEA recipient is referred to another agency for services, or is already engaged in activities with another agency, the worker should show the recipient to be in a TEA work activity that appropriately reflects the services being provided by the other agency (ESD-Job Club; JTPA-Job Skills Training; Re-hab-OJT; etc.).
3201 Work Activity Requirements- Minimum Hours
Single Parent Cases
The adult will engage in work or work related activities for the number of hours, up to 40 hours per week, which are deemed appropriate based on the work activity and the customer's individual circumstances. However, a TEA single parent must be engaged in work activities a minimum of 30 hours per week. (NOTE: A single parent who is engaged in Education or Training will not be required to participate in other work activities for more than 15 hours per week. See TEA 3252)
* Two-Parent Cases
In two-parent families, one parent must be engaged a minimum of 35 hours per week. If the second parent is not deferred, then both parents must be engaged in work activities - one for a minimum of 35 hours per week and the other for a minimum of 20 hours per week. The minimum two-parent work requirement hours (i.e., 35 or 55 per week as applicable) may be shared between the two parents. Please see the examples that follow.
An exception to the 35 hour rule is made when one parent is disabled. In such cases, the minimum is 30 hours per week for the non-disabled parent.
* NOTE: Two-parent families may engage in Education or Training; however, such families must still fulfill the 35 or 55 hour requirement, whichever, is applicable.
