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A. For applications: Unless exempt, all adults included in the Work First Family Assistance application or request for inclusion must be referred to ESC or to the ESC representative for First Stop work registration. In a two-parent family, both parents must complete the First Stop work registration unless they are exempt. (See IV. for exemptions.)
The application/inclusion for Work First Family Assistance can be taken, but not be approved, until everyone required to register with First Stop has done so.
If a standard filing unit individual asking to be included in the on-going case fails to meet the registration requirement, the on-going case must be terminated.
B. For active Work First recipients at review: Unless exempt, at review all adults included in the Work First Family Assistance case must be referred to ESC or to the ESC representative for First Stop work registration unless they are active First Stop registrants in your county. See III., I. below. In a two-parent family, both parents must complete the First Stop work registration unless they are exempt. (See V. for exemptions.)
If at review the non-exempt adult(s) refuses or fails to register with First Stop, the on-going case must be terminated.
C. ESC will register all non-exempt adults. The registration could result in an immediate job referral.
D. Any services provided by ESC outside the required registration are not part of the First Stop work registration process and, therefore, are subject to a service contract between your agency and ESC.
E. The intent of First Stop is to have a face-to-face evaluation by ESC staff to assess job readiness accurately and make appropriate referrals.
F. If the Work First Family Assistance application is denied or the case is terminated because individuals in the assistance unit do not complete the First Stop work registration, the family must be evaluated for Medicaid.
If your county chooses to have non-exempt adults register with ESC before a Work First Family Assistance application is taken, you must take a Medicaid application for the family on the day the applicant inquires about Family Assistance, unless all individuals on the Work First inquiry are active in a Medicaid case or a Medicaid application is inappropriate.
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For questions or clarification on any of the policy contained in these manuals, please contact your local county office. |
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