Employment First

In the Mainframe, an Employment First case may now be added only for a person who has a pending participant role in an ADC/MED case. If the person is not pending in an ADC/MED case, add the EF case in the expert system. Updating, closing, and re-opening an EF case will also be done in the Expert System.

Add Employment First Case in the Expert System using the Case Actions task for all ADC/MED work eligible participants or financially responsible persons:

To add an EF case, the selected person must::

Be at least age 16.
Be a participant or financially responsible person with a work eligible status reason in ADC/MED for the processing month.
Not already have an open or closed EF case.
Be pending or active in an ADC/MED program case.
not be receiving benefits through the Refugee Resettlement Program . An EF case is not required as long as an Immigration status of Refugee Resettlement Program is entered.
be an active Financially Responsible person due to:

Child support
Third Party Liability
Social Security Number
Convicted Drug Felon
Fleeing Felon
Misrepresentation of Identity
Intentional Program Violations #1, #2, or #3.

Updating, closing, and reopening an Employment First case is also done in the Case Actions task.

Budgeting will be placed on the To Do List when:

An EF case is added or reopened
The status of the EF case is updated and budgeting is required to set the ADC payment fund code.

More information about this new functionality can be found on the N-FOCUS Demonstrations website .