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18.18.3 Employed
ISSUE DATE: 09/2020
Participants can be extended for being employed in some situations.
Description.
| Participants meeting their hourly requirements in paid work and who are not in sanction in the 60th month or more than 2 of the months between months 48 and 60.
Employment includes 1 or a combination of the following: · Unsubsidized employment. See 10.3 (Full-Time & Part-Time Employment).· Subsidized employment in the private or public sector. See 10.21 (Paid Work Experience: Described).· On-the-job training. See 10.18 (On-the-Job-Training: Described).· Apprenticeship· Work Study. See 10.3 (Full-Time & Part-Time Employment)· Supported Work – a subsidized or unsubsidized work experience which may include services such as individualized supervision and job coaching to support the participant on the job. See 10.21 (Paid Work Experience: Described).· Providing unpaid child care for another participant who is doing community service work – if the extended participant is also in paid work. See 11.9 (Providing Child Care/Community Service). |
Specific Conditions That Meet the Criteria of This Category.
| If a participant has moved to Minnesota with 10 months or less left in their 60-month time limit:
The participant must be in compliance all of the remaining months on MFIP to be considered for an employed extension.
Participants meet the hourly requirements as follows: · Single parents: In activities for at least 30 hours per week.· At least 25 hours per week must be spent in employment.· Two-parent families: in activities for a combined total of both parents of at least 55 hours per week.· At least 45 hours per week must be spent in employment.· Participants with an illness or disability working as many hours as a qualified professional has determined the participant is able to work. See 17.45 (Qualified Professionals).· The participant must follow the treatment recommendations of the qualified professional.· If the participant is part of a 2-parent family, the other parent must meet the work requirements of a single-parent family. (If that parent is not in the employed extension criteria, that parent is not subject to the rule about being in compliance 10 out of the last 12 months).· Employed participants with an active child protection plan may count hours complying with the child protection plan towards their hourly work requirements for this extension category. |
Documentation Required.
| For employment:
The eligibility worker will verify employment using the following sources -- paystubs or statements from the employer, private sector on-line verification systems.
For disability status:
Statement from a qualified professional. See 17.45 (Qualified Professionals).
For child protection status:
A written statement from the county or tribal social services agency.
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Additional Requirements.
| If participants lose their job or have their work hours reduced: · Assist them in returning to work or increasing their hours as soon as possible.· If the job loss or reduction in hours is involuntary: The participant is not subject to the hourly requirements for employment for up to 1 month, but must meet all the other requirements of their employment plan.· The 1-month period begins the day after the job ended or the hours were reduced. The extension ends if the participant does not have a job after the 1-month grace period.· This 1-month grace period is available to each participant 2 non-consecutive times in a 12-month period.· In a 2-parent household, each parent has a separate allowance of 2 non-consecutive 1-month grace period.If the job loss or hours reduction is voluntary and without good cause, start the sanction process. See Chapter 19 (Sanctions and Non-Compliance), 19.9 (Good Cause).
When to apply good cause: See 19.9 (Good Cause).
· Whenever a good cause reason exists, even in months beyond the 1-month grace period after losing a job.· When a drop below hourly requirements is temporary and intermittent, for instance: Sick days, child care interruptions, transportation problems or an emergency. |
When the Extension Ends. | When all 3 of the following are true: The participant is not meeting employment requirements. The grace period after losing a job or good cause has ended. The participant does not qualify for another extension category.
Notify the eligibility worker.
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