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MFIP Employment Services Manual

MFIP Employment Services Manual


19.54 Dual Sanctions

ISSUE DATE: 06/2026

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.

    • 25% of the cash portion of the MFIP grant.

    One occurrence.

    A participant is already in sanction and another type is imposed in the same month.

    25% of the cash portion of the MFIP grant.

    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:

    Child Support Sanction

    Employment Services or Financial Orientation Sanction

    Status of Sanction

    Cured.

    Not cured.

    The 5% MFIP sanction remains in place.

    Not Cured.

    Cured.

    The 25% child support sanction remains.

    PREVIOUS REVISIONS

    DateNotes
    08/2020

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