Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(A) As a condition
of EAEDC eligibility, an individual must participate in Transitional Employment
for Massachusetts Parents (TEMP) if:
(1) he or
she is the caretaker, as specified in
106 CMR
703.700;
(2) he or she is included in the assistance
unit; and
(3) his or her youngest
dependent child in the household is 15 years of age or older, unless the
individual meets the criteria of
106 CMR 703.720
or has good cause as specified in
106 CMR
701.380: Good Cause
Criteria.
(B)
Activities. Activities may include, but are not
limited to:
(1) employment of 20 hours or
more per week;
(2) a volunteer
community service placement in a public, quasi-public or nonprofit
organization, excepting that such a placement cannot be in the office of an
individual candidate's campaign for public office;
(3) a combination of participation in
employment search or education or training requirements as specified in
106 CMR
703.700(G) and a volunteer
community service placement; and/or
(4) a combination of employment of fewer than
20 hours per week and a volunteer community service placement.
A participant's TEMP Community Service Program placement may be
changed at the Department's discretion. The TAO Director or designee must
approve any change in a TEMP Community Service Program
placement.
(C)
Participation Criteria. The following are the criteria
for participants in TEMP:
(1) the caretaker
must be a member of the assistance unit;
(2) the caretaker must participate in a
volunteer community service placement for 30 hours per week except if he or she
is:
(a) meeting the employment search,
education or training requirements as specified in
106 CMR
703.700(G)); or
(b) employed fewer than 20 hours per week;
if so, then the adult caretaker must participate in a voluntary
community service placement for 16 hours per week; and
(3) the caretaker can fulfill TEMP
participation requirements by:
(a) being
employed for 20 hours or more per week; or
(b) participating in a volunteer community
service placement approved by the Department.
For EAEDC eligibility purposes, a caretaker meeting the TEMP
requirements shall be considered to have also met the applicable EAEDC
requirements as specified in
106 CMR
703.700(G).
(D)
Participation
Requirements. The TEMP participant must:
(1) attend the actual scheduled hours per
week as specified in 106 CMR 703.710;
(2) be performing satisfactorily in TEMP, as
defined by the provider; and
(3)
provide verification of participation at time periods determined by the
Department on a form prescribed by the Department.
(E)
Failure to Meet Participation
Requirements.
(1) If the
caretaker fails to participate in TEMP, he or she shall be ineligible for
assistance until he or she begins participation (see106 CMR
703.710(C)) for a period of two consecutive weeks or is determined exempt from
participation in TEMP.
(2)
Assistance to the remaining member of the assistance unit shall be in the form
of vendor payments, if possible.
