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MFIP Employment Services Manual

MFIP Employment Services Manual


15.3.3 Holding & Local Flag: Documenting/Tracking

ISSUE DATE: 02/2026

Workforce One – Holding & Local Flag

Activity Type in Workforce One.

Other Allowable Activity

  • · Holding.
  • · Holding-Sanction.
  • · Holding – Child Under 12 months.
  • · Holding – MN Paid Leave.
  • · Local Flag

    • Workforce One Employment Plan Section.

    None


    TANF Work Participation Rate – Holding & Local Flag

    Core or non-core activity.

    Neither core nor non-core activity.

    How to calculate hours for this activity.

    Does not apply to these activities. Workforce One does not allow hours to be tracked in these activities.


    Documentation and Verification – Holding & Local Flag

    Who collects the documentation?

    The employment counselor.

    Who provides daily supervision?

    The employment counselor.

    What information needs to be included in the verification?

    Information about the situation that has created the status.

    Which documents meet the requirements?

    Document in case notes why the holding or local flag activity is being used.

    For Holding – Sanction:

  • · Copies of notices of intent to sanction.
  • · Case notes documenting the reason for the sanction and attempts to contact the participant to cure the sanction.
  • · For FSS participants: Family Stabilization Services Pre-Sanction Checklist (DHS-6075) (PDF).
  • · A copy of the status update form sent to the eligibility worker requesting sanction status to be coded on MAXIS.


    • For Holding – Child Under 12 Months:

  • · If the employment counselor receives the request for the exemption: Copy of status update sent to eligibility worker requesting coding for exemption or case note that exemption form was sent to eligibility worker.
  • · If the eligibility worker processed the request for the exemption: Case note that the child under 12-months exemption status is coded on MAXIS.
  • For Holding – MN Paid Leave:
  • · Verification of receiving Minnesota Paid Leave benefit payment.
  • · Acceptable proof can be any written or electronic verification if it confirms what the participant reports. Do not demand a specific document or form if another is more readily available.
  • · When proof is not available despite efforts of the worker and the participant, get a signed statement from the participant attesting to the correctness of the information.
  • · If the verification and request for exemption is received by either the employment counselor or eligibility worker, share this information between workers.
  • · Document in case notes the verification and request for exemption and track the activity in Workforce One. MAXIS does not track the exemption for MN Paid Leave.

    • When is the documentation due?

    Does not apply to this activity.

    Who or what standard determines acceptable performance?

    Does not apply to this activity.

    PREVIOUS REVISIONS

    DateNotes
    08/2023 Added Local Flag to title and updated throughout.
    08/2020

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