Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 016 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Division 28 - Division of County Operations
Rule 016.28.20-004 - Transitional Employment Assistance Policy Manual 1,000 and 10,000

10,000 Arkansas Work Pays

Arkansas Act 1705 of 2005 established the Arkansas Work Pays Program. Arkansas Work Pays is a n incentive program designed to encourage working Transitional Employment Assistance (TEA) participants to remain employed after closure of the TEA case while increasing their hours of work or hourly wage. Families participating in Arkansas Work Pays will receive a monthly cash assistance payment in the amount of two hundred and four dollars ($204) for up to twenty-four (24) months, provided they meet the Arkansas Work Pays eligibility requirements. The twenty-four (24) months will count toward the federal sixty-month time limit, but not the state's TEA twenty-four (24)-month limit. This work incentive program may be limited to three thousand (3,000) families.

The eligibility worker will explain the Arkansas Work Pays program to the applicant during the initial interview for TEA cash assistance. The Department of Workforce Services (DWS) Workforce Specialist will discuss the Arkansas Work Pays program with the participant during ongoing case management activities. When the TEA case closes due to employment, the participant will receive additional information about Arkansas Work Pays, including an Arkansas Work Pays application.