Current through Supplement No. 394, October, 2024
1. Within the limits described in this
section, supportive services may be made available to a participant who, but
for supportive service, would be unable to enter into or remain in an allowable
work activity. No supportive service may be provided without approval from the
employment contractor or eligibility worker.
2. Post temporary assistance for needy
families supportive services may be provided to assist employed former
temporary assistance for needy families recipients to succeed in the workforce
and avoid the need to receive further temporary assistance for needy families
benefits.
3. Supportive services
may include:
a. Relocation assistance provided
to a job opportunities and basic skills participant if:
(1) The individual has a bona fide offer of
employment, verified by the employment contractor, which will increase the
individual's potential for increased earnings, job advancement, or permanent
employment; or
(2) The individual
requests and receives approval from the employment contractor to move from an
area of the state with few employment opportunities to another area of the
state with greater employment opportunities, or to an area out of state with
greater employment opportunities.
b. Monthly transportation assistance provided
to participants in an approved work activity, if necessary for continued
participation.
c. Child care
expense reimbursement in amounts consistent with the provisions of the state
child care and development fund plan submitted under the Child Care and
Development Block Grant Act of 1990 [42 U.S.C. 9858] .
d. Assistance in the purchase of care for an
incapacitated or disabled adult member of the participant's household, to whom
the participant owes a legal duty to provide care, provided:
(1) There is no other individual in the
household who can provide the care; and
(2) The incapacitated or disabled adult
household member cannot provide self-care.
e. Assistance in the purchase of
employment-related clothing or personal needs determined by the employment
contractor to be reasonable and necessary for the participant to enter
employment.
f. Assistance in the
purchase of tools or equipment determined by the employment contractor to be
required for the participant to accept employment.
g. Assistance in the cost of repairs
determined by the employment contractor to be reasonable and necessary to
return a participant's vehicle to operable condition, provided:
(1) The vehicle is registered to a member of
the household;
(2) The vehicle is
needed by the participant to get to work or another approved work activity;
and
(3) The general condition and
value of the vehicle justifies repairs.
h. Assistance for defraying the cost of
books, tuition, and fees associated with an allowable work activity, provided:
(1) Other educational fund sources have been
explored and are exhausted; and
(2)
The participant is a member of a household and eligible for assistance at the
time funds are paid or obligated.
i. Assistance with payment for professional
license fees and professional examination fees, if there is no other available
source of funding, including fee waivers, and the professional license or
examination is necessary to achieve an employment-related goal.
j. Assistance with expenses determined by the
employment contractor to be reasonable and necessary for the individual to
engage in employment or participate in employment interviews, including
transportation, lodging, grooming, and clothing.
4. The maximum expenditures permitted for
supportive services and transitional supportive services are limited to amounts
and availability as the department may by order determine.
