8.27 Non-Compliance & Family Violence Waiver
ISSUE DATE: 09/2020
Sanction policies for participants with a Family Violence Waiver.
When a participant already in sanction requests or receives a family violence waiver:
· Determine if the participant qualifies for good cause, including the information the participant has shared about family violence. If the participant qualifies for good cause:· Lift the sanction.· Notify the eligibility worker and communicate the effective date.· Revise the employment plan.
1. When a participant with a family violence waiver fails to comply with the employment plan:
· Review the plan with the family violence specialist and, if possible, the participant, to determine if the plan is still appropriate.· Revise the plan with the family violence specialist and the participant, if the family violence interferes with pursuing activities in the employment plan.· Grant good cause when incidents beyond the participants’ control interfere with their ability to comply with the activities in the employment plan.
2. If the family violence advocate determines the participant is able to comply but is not doing so:
· End the Family Violence Waiver.· Notify the eligibility worker.· The 60 month time clock will start counting again.· Invite the participant to develop a new employment plan.· If the participant does not participate in developing a new employment plan or does not follow through on the activities of that employment plan, follow the Family Stabilization Services sanction process. See 17.61 (Sanctions).· Consider whether a home visit, as required in sanctions for Family Stabilization Services, would be safe.· If a participant is in Safe At Home, a home visit will not be possible. See 8.36 (Resources for Addressing Family Violence).· Because home visits are required if Family Stabilization Services participants do not follow through on in-office visits, a sanction cannot proceed in situations in which home visits are not possible.
The participant must always have the assistance of a family violence advocate to help resolve disagreements or noncompliance concerns with employment counselors or with the county.
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