(1) An
individual, unless otherwise exempt, will be required to participate in work or
work-related activities for thirty (30) hours per week as set forth in his/her
Personal Responsibility Plan (PRP). At least twenty (20) hours must be spent
working in core activities; the remaining ten (10) hours must be spent in core
or non-core activities.
(2)
Activities that will be included as a part of the Families First work
requirements include:
(a) Core Activities.
Core Activities must be used to meet the first twenty (20) hours of the work
requirement and can be used to meet the entire work requirement. The use of
core activities to meet the Families First work requirement is subject to
allowances or restrictions on these activities, as defined by federal law and
regulation. Unless expanded through federal law or regulation, core activities
are:
1. Unsubsidized Employment.
2. Job search and job readiness
assistance.
3. Work
Experience.
4. Community
Service.
5. Vocational
Education.
6. On-the-job
training.
7. Subsidized work.
Families First participants can be placed in private or public sector
subsidized work positions.
(b) Non-core Activities. Non-core activities
can be used to fulfill up to ten (10) hours of the Families First work
requirement as long as the recipient is engaged in twenty (20) hours of core
activities. The use of non-core activities to meet the Families First work
requirement is subject to allowances or restrictions on these activities, as
defined by federal law and regulation. Unless expanded through federal law or
regulation, non-core activities are:
1. Job
Skills Training Directly Related to Employment.
2. Education Directly Related to
Employment.
3. Satisfactory
attendance at secondary school or in a GED course, for those who do not yet
have a high school diploma.
(c) Reserved for future use.
(d) Reserved for future use.
(e) Reserved for future use.
(f) Reserved for future use.
(g) Reserved for future use.
(h) Reserved for future use.
(i) Reserved for future use.
(j) Reserved for future use.
(k) Reserved for future use.
(3) Reserved for future
use
(4) The Families First work
requirement can be met through satisfactory attendance at secondary school, in
the case of a minor parent recipient who:
(a)
has not completed secondary school; and
(b) is a caretaker who is nineteen (19) years
of age or younger.
(5) A
minor parent who is eligible as a dependent child must attend school. Failure
to comply with this requirement will result in the needs of the non-compliant
individual being removed from the grant.
(6) A caretaker who is in the residential
program at Renewal House is in compliance with the Families First work
requirement if she is in good standing with Renewal House program
requirements.
(7) Participation in
Vocational Rehabilitation services will meet the Families First work
requirement.
Notes
Tenn. Comp. R. &
Regs. 1240-01-49-.03
Original rule filed
December 2, 1996; effective February 15, 1997. Public necessity rule filed July
2, 2007; expired December 14, 2007. Amendment filed October 1, 2007; effective
December 15, 2007.
Authority: T.C.A. §§
4-5-201 et seq., 4-5-202, 4-5-209,
71-1-105, 71-3-152, 71-3-153 and 71-3-154; 71-3-158(d)(2)(D); 42 U.S.C.
§§ 601 et seq., 42 U.S.C. § 602, 42 U.S.C. § 607(c), (d)(1)
through (12) and (e), 42 U.S.C. § 608, 42 U.S.C. § 609; Public Acts
of 1996, Chapter 950, and 45 CFR 250.30 through 32;
45 CFR
234.60, § 1115 of the Social Security
Act; 45 C.F.R. § 260.30, 45 C.F.R. § 260.31, 45 C.F.R. §
261.2(b) through (m), 45 C.F.R. § 261.2(n), 45 C.F.R. § 261.10, 45
C.F.R. § 261.30, 45 C.F.R. § 261.31 and 45 C.F.R. § 261.32;
Deficit Reduction Act 2005 (
Pub. L.
109-171
§§ 7101 and 7102, February 8,
2006); 71 Federal Register 37454 (June 29, 2006); and Acts 2007, Chapter
31.
