2-020.07 Components

Components make up the menu of activities that the participant and case manager choose from when developing the Self-Sufficiency Contract.  Activities that the participant engages in should build on his/her strengths, help to remove barriers to self-sufficiency and prepare him/her for entry into the labor market.  Successful completion of activities within the components should build momentum and forward movement toward the achievement of the participant’s vocational goal and eventual self-sufficiency.  

1. Core activities:  At least 20 hours per week must come from participation in core activities.  The component activities from which at least 20 hours per week of participation must come are:
   1. Unsubsidized Employment;
      1. Microbusiness Enterprise;
      2. Apprenticeship;
   2. Subsidized Private or Public Sector Employment;
   3. Work Experience;
   4. On-the-Job Training;
   5. Job Search/Job Readiness;
   6. Community Service;
   7. Vocational Training;
   8. Providing Child Care Services to an Individual Who Is Participating in a Community Service Program; and

   9. Post-Secondary Education.

      Note:  For a two-parent household, at least 30 or 50 combined hours per week must come from participation in core activities, depending on whether they receive federally funded child care.

2. Non-Core activities:  Non-core activities cannot count towards participation hours without at least 20 hours a week coming from participation in core activities.  Above 20 hours per week in a core activity(ies), the following component activities may count towards participation:
   1. Job Skills Training Directly Related to Employment;
   2. Education Directly Related to Employment; and
   3. Satisfactory Attendance at Secondary School or in a Course of Study Leading to a Certificate of General Equivalence.

A participant may participate in one or more core activities at a time or a combination of core and non-core activities at the same time in order to comprise full-time participation.  The case manager will reflect each component activity as a separate element in the Self-Sufficiency Contract.

Participation in component activities must be supervised.  Participation hours must be tracked, documented and verified.  For the requirements, see 468-000-307.

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2-020.07A  Unsubsidized Employment

2-020.07B  Subsidized Private and Public Sector Employment

2-020.07C  Work Experience

2-020.07D  On-the-Job Training (OJT)

2-020.07E  Job Search/Job Readiness

2-020.07F  Community Service

2-020.07G  Vocational Training

2-020.07H  Job Skills Training Directly Related to Employment

2-020.07I  Education Directly Related to Employment

2-020.07J  Satisfactory Attendance at Secondary School or in a Course of Study Leading to a Certificate of General Equivalence

2-020.07K  Providing Child Care Services to an Individual Who Is Participating in a Community Service Program

2-020.07L  Post-Secondary Education