Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. The participant
shall have the primary responsibility to arrange transportation to be employed
or participate in activities required by the Agreement of Personal
Responsibility. Transportation shall be provided only when the participant is
unable to make the necessary arrangements.
B. The local departments may provide those
services itemized in § 63.2-611B of the Code of Virginia.
C. Transitional employment and training
services shall be through the VIEW program to certain individuals.
1. Transitional employment and training
services can be provided if the following criteria are met:
a. The individual is already employed or the
provisions of the employment and training services would allow the individual
to become reemployed within 60 days.
b. The activities are designed to maintain
employment income, increase employment income or prevent the loss of employment
income by the participant.
c. The
individual had been enrolled in the VIEW program.
d. The TANF case of which the individual was
a member is closed.
e. The case had
not been in a VIEW sanction at the time of closure.
f. The individual has not completed an
associate degree or four-year degree.
2. The individual can only receive up to 12
months of transitional employment and training services available through the
VIEW program.
3. The individual
shall enroll in an activity which can be completed within the 12-month time
period.
4. An individual can only
be enrolled in an activity if approved by a VIEW employment services
worker.
5. Individuals may be
enrolled only in education and training activities for which there are jobs in
the community or jobs are projected to become available in the
community.
6. Continued enrollment
in education and skills training activities is dependent upon meeting the
satisfactory progress requirements for participation in these activities.
a. For education below the post-secondary
level (Adult Basic Education and General Equivalency Diploma), the individual
must obtain one grade level increase every three months.
b. For certificate and job skills training
activities, the participant must meet the satisfactory progress requirements of
the institution providing the training.
7. Participants shall not be assigned to FEP
(Full Employment Program).
D. A VIEW participant shall be eligible for a
transitional job retention assistance payment of $50 per month for up to one
year after the end of TANF cash assistance. To qualify the participant shall:
1. Be employed at the end of TANF cash
assistance;
2. Maintain employment
of at least 30 hours per week; and
3. Provide verification of earnings and
continued employment of at least 30 hours per week.