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Providing child care for another participant doing community service.

Workforce One - Providing Child Care to Support Community Service

Activity Type in Workforce One.	Providing Child Care (Community Service).
Workforce One Employment Plan Section.	Uncompensated Work.

TANF Work Participation Rate - Providing Child Care to Support Community Service

Core or non-core activity.	Core.
How to calculate hours for this activity.	Record the actual hours of participation.

Documentation and Verification - Providing Child Care to Support Community Service

Who collects the documentation?	The employment counselor.
Which documents meet the requirements?	One of the following: · A signed statement from the participant doing the community service about the hours child care was needed and provided. · A signed statement from someone who has knowledge of the time spent providing child care. This cannot be from the participant who is providing the child care. This could include the parent of the child, someone supervising the community experience activity and familiar with the schedule. If the statement is not signed and the participant is unable to get that signature: · Have the participant sign a release of information form. · Contact the person who submitted the statement to verify that the hours are correct. · Sign the form. · Case note the conversation with the worksite.
What information needs to be included in the verification?	· The participant’s name. · Days worked. · Number of hours worked.
When is the documentation due?	Monthly.
Where should documents be kept for this activity?	In the participant’s case file. Follow the County’s or tribe’s human services general records retention schedule.
Who provides daily supervision?	Someone who has knowledge of the participant’s schedule. It can be an employment services agency staff person if that person has at least weekly contact with the participant and receives a log at least monthly.
Who or what standard determines acceptable performance?	The employment plan must list the days and times the participant will be providing the child care.

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Fair labor Standards: 11.12 (Fair Labor Standards).

No displacement of other paid employees, see 23.27 (Non-Displacement).