Job opportunities and basic skills program - Definitions

For purposes of the job opportunities and basic skills program: 1. "Eligible individual" means an adult or minor child head of household receiving assistance or a nonrecipient parent living with a child receiving assistance. 2. "Employment contractor" means the job opportunities and basic skills program agency or staff member responsible for directing and monitoring a participant's planning and activities that relate to the job opportunities and basic skills program. The employment contractor is responsible for completing orientation and an assessment. After orientation and the assessment are completed, the employer contractor assists the participant in the development and execution of an employability plan and oversees the participant's involvement in the job opportunities and basic skills program. 3. "Minimum required hours" means the number of hours per week during which a participant must be engaged in approved work activity. 4. "Participant" means a member of a household who is not exempt from participating in the job opportunities and basic skills program or who, if exempt, has volunteered to participate in that program. 5. "Satisfactory progress" in any postsecondary education or training program means the participant is maintaining progress minimally sufficient to allow continuation of the course of study or training under the standards of the education or training facility. 6. "Work-eligible individual" includes anyone listed in subdivision a, but does not include anyone listed in subdivision b: a. Included individuals are: (1) Any adult receiving assistance under temporary assistance for needy families; (2) Any minor child head of household receiving assistance under temporary assistance for needy families; (3) Any minor parent head of household receiving assistance under temporary assistance for needy families; or (4) Any nonrecipient parent living with a child receiving assistance, including any parent: (a) Sanctioned due to noncompliance with work requirements; or (b) Disqualified due to an intentional program violation, status as a fleeing felon, parole or probation violation, or noncompliance with the child support agency. b. Individuals not included are: (1) A minor parent who is not the head of household; (2) A noncitizen who is ineligible to receive assistance due to that individual's immigration status; (3) A parent providing care for a disabled family member living in the home; (4) A dependent child who is under age sixteen; (5) Unless the child is a single head of household, a dependent child who is age sixteen or over, enrolled as a full-time student, who will graduate by the child's nineteenth birthday; (6) Those receiving supplemental security income; or (7) Those receiving social security disability income.