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MFIP Employment Services Manual

MFIP Employment Services Manual


10.3 Paid Employment Overview

ISSUE DATE: 03/2026

Paid employment can include:

  • · Employed Full-Time, 10.9 (Full-Time & Part-Time Employment: Described).
  • · Employed Part-Time, 10.9 (Full-Time & Part-Time Employment: Described).
  • · Self-Employment, 10.12 (Self-Employment: Described).
  • · Work for Rent Reduction, 10.15 (Work for Rent Reductions).
  • · On-the-Job Training – public and private, 10.18 (On-the-Job-Training: Described).
  • · Paid Work Experience, 10.21 (Paid Work Experience: Described).
  • · Grant Diversion, 10.24 (Grant Diversion).

  • Paid or unpaid work done for political purposes cannot be part of the employment plan.
  • · This includes any work done to directly or indirectly influence voting in public elections.
  • · Child care assistance cannot be authorized to cover hours in that type of work.

  • Participants can only be required to participate in employment that is suitable. See 4.18 (Participants’ Program Rights in MFIP).

    • PREVIOUS REVISIONS

    DateNotes
    12/2023 title changed from Full-Time & Part-Time Employment to Paid Employment Overview and updated throughout.

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