Participants can be simultaneously sanctioned for not complying with child support and MFIP requirements.

Scenario	The Amount of the Reduction	Sanction Count
Participant receives in the same month both: · A first occurrence of an MFIP employment services or financial orientation sanction. · A first occurrence of a child support sanction.	30% which may include vendoring. See 19.15 (Vendoring Benefits).	One occurrence.
A participant is already in sanction and another type is imposed in the same month.	30% which may include vendoring. See 19.15 (Vendoring Benefits). · The reduction is NOT doubled.	The month is one occurrence. · After that each month in sanction, even months of dual sanctions, is considered one new occurrence.

To resolve the dual sanctions, the participant works with:

· The employment counselor to resolve the employment services sanction.

· The eligibility worker or child support worker to resolve the other sanctions.

Each sanction is lifted separately:

The vendoring of rent (and utilities if applicable) is lifted only after the participant has been in compliance with both employment services and child support for 6 months. See 19.15 (Vendoring Benefits).

Child Support Sanction	Employment Services or Financial Orientation Sanction	Status of Sanction
Cured.	Not cured.	The 30% MFIP sanction and vendoring remains in place. See 19.15 (Vendoring Benefits).
Not Cured.	Cured.	The 30% child support sanction and the vendoring remains until the month following compliance with child support. See 19.15 (Vendoring Benefits).