APPENDIX

Activity
Countable Toward First 20 Hours
Countable Toward Hours in Excess of 20

Unsubsidized employment

Yes

Yes

Subsidized private sector employment

Yes

Yes

Subsidized public sector employment

Yes

Yes

Work experience (including work associated with refurbishing of publicly assisted housing)

Yes, if sufficient private sector employment is not available

Yes, if sufficient private sector employment is not available

On-the-job training

Yes

Yes

Community service programs

Yes

Yes

Provision of child care services to an individual participating in a community service program

Yes

Yes

Vocational educational training

Yes, but not to exceed 12 months for any individual and subject to the 30% cap described below

Yes, but not to exceed 12 months for any individual and subject to the 30% cap described below

Education for Married Recipients or Single Heads of Households Under Age 20

Can count – subject to the 30% cap described below – if the recipient: 1) maintains satisfactory attendance at secondary school or the equivalent during the month; or 2) participates in education directly related to employment for at least 20 hours a week during the month

If married or single head of household under 20 is maintaining satisfactory attendance at secondary school or the equivalent or participating in education directly related to employment for at least 20 hours per week during the month, he or she will be deemed to be meeting the participation rate requirements (subject to 30% cap)

Job search and job readiness

Yes, but only for 6 weeks per year, and not for a week after four consecutive weeks; provided that job search will be countable for 12 weeks if the State’s unemployment rate is at least 50% greater than the unemployment rate of the United States.  On not more than one occasion per fiscal year, the State may count an individual as having participated in job search for a week if the individual participated for three or four days.

Hours can only count if the individual is still within the 6 week/12 week limits on counting job search and job readiness toward participation rates

Job skills training

Only if it can fit into another category

Yes, if directly related to employment

Education directly related to employment

Only for married recipients or single heads of household under age 20 (see above), unless it can fit into another category

Yes, if satisfactory attendance by a recipient who has not completed secondary school or received a GED

Postsecondary education

Only if it can fit into another category

Only if it can fit into another category

 30% Cap: Not more than 30% of individuals counting toward participation rate may be determined to be engaged in work for a month by participating in vocational education training.  Beginning in FY 2000, the 30% cap applies to the combination of individuals in vocational educational training and single heads of household or married teens under age 20 who are attending secondary school or its equivalent or participating in education directly related to employment.  

Two-parent Rates: For purposes of the two-parent rates, at least 30 of the required 35 hours must be attributable to activities which are countable toward the first 20 hours of the overall rate.  If the two-parent family is subject to a 55-hour participation requirement, at least 50 of those hours must be attributable to hours that are countable toward the first 20 hours of the overall rate.