Strategies/Procedures for Engaging Sanctioned Temporary Assistance Participants. District attempts to engage sanctioned participants as soon as they are sanctioned using the following strategies: District attempts to engage sanctioned participants when the durational period of the sanction is completed using the following strategies: District attempts to engage sanctioned participants during different times in the sanction period using the following strategies: District has no specific strategies to engage sanctioned participants.
Strategies/Procedures for Engaging Sanctioned Temporary Assistance Participants. District attempts to engage sanctioned participants as soon as they are sanctioned using the following strategies: District attempts to engage sanctioned participants when the durational period of the sanction is completed using the following strategies: A mailer is sent to sanctioned clients at the end of their sanction duration inviting them to come into compliance. Those who respond are invited to attend a meeting (offered weekly) during which they will be given information about how to establish compliance. District attempts to engage sanctioned participants during different times in the sanction period using the following strategies. District calls these participants in for eligibility group meetings and individual interviews to explain why compliance is beneficial and what it involves. Interviewers attempt to gain an understanding of why the participants continue to remain sanctioned and offer services as indicated. Job development assistance is also offered. District also conducts home visits with non-durationally sanctioned participants to assess special needs or circumstances and to offer services, including a streamlined manner in which to initiate the compliance process.
Strategies/Procedures for Engaging Sanctioned Temporary Assistance Participants. District attempts to engage sanctioned participants as soon as they are sanctioned using the following strategies: Individuals sanctioned until compliance are referred back to CWD and given tthe opportunity to comply with employment requirements which will end the sanction. District attempts to engage sanctioned participants when the durational period of the sanction is completed using the following strategies: During sanction an individual may be required to meet with DFS Employment Coordinator to reassess their situation and to discuss possible employment opportunities and their means of living . Also discuss other resources that may reduce or eliminate the need for public assistance. This is based on Regulation NYCRR351.2 and 351.21 The district may use the Eligibility Call-In Process outlined in 09-ADM-20 and/or 08-INF-12 Pathways and Similar Case Management Manuals. District attempts to engage sanctioned participants during different times in the sanction period using the following strategies.
Strategies/Procedures for Engaging Sanctioned Temporary Assistance Participants. District attempts to engage sanctioned participants as soon as they are sanctioned using the following strategies: District attempts to engage sanctioned participants when the durational period of the sanction is completed using the following strategies: District attempts to engage sanctioned participants during different times in the sanction period using the following strategies: The district provides intensive case services to participants who are non-complaint with work activities. Prior to imposing a sanction, the employment and training staff member will meet with any recipient who is subject to penalty for non-compliance with work activities. The meeting will serve to: • Provide the opportunity to thoroughly assess and investigate the reasons for the noncompliance, including the family’s barriers to self-sufficiency; • Identify appropriate services to assist them to comply; • Provide information to clarify the reasons for the sanctions, the impact of the sanction on the family cash grant and the methods for curing the sanction. As a follow-up to the meeting, the participant, whether sanctioned, or not, will be scheduled to meet with the worker at the DSS office once a month to pick up their benefit check, and receive information on community based services that may help to address the family’s needs and help to bring the family into compliance or to maintain compliance. These scheduled office visits also serve to provide the DSS worker an opportunity to monitor compliance. The participants will also meet with the Workforce Development Counselor located at DSS for employment referrals during these scheduled office visits. District has no specific strategies to engage sanctioned participants.
Strategies/Procedures for Engaging Sanctioned Temporary Assistance Participants. District attempts to engage sanctioned participants as soon as they are sanctioned using the following strategies: District attempts to engage sanctioned participants when the durational period of the sanction is completed using the following strategies: One case manager will be assigned the caseload of individuals who are sanctioned beyond duration. Individuals who are sanctioned beyond duration will be scheduled for an office meeting with this case manager at least bi-annually but no more frequently than once per month. Meetings will include discussion to explore changes in case circumstances, household composition, medical condition, income, and the availability of resources. When an individual who is sanctioned beyond duration expresses an interest in complying with the employment activity so that the sanction can be lifted, the case manager, in coordination with the W.I.B., will assign the individual to an employment activity and monitor the progress toward compliance. Once the individual demonstrates compliance for 10 business days, and completes satisfactorily with no unexcused absences, the sanction will be lifted and benefits restored retroactive to the date that the individual expressed a willingness to comply with employment requirements. District attempts to engage sanctioned participants during different times in the sanction period using the following strategies.
Strategies/Procedures for Engaging Sanctioned Temporary Assistance Participants. District attempts to engage sanctioned participants as soon as they are sanctioned using the following strategies: District attempts to engage sanctioned participants when the durational period of the sanction is completed using the following strategies: When a sanctioned participant informs the TA worker of their willingness to comply, a referral is made to Job Development. Job Development staff then schedules the sanctioned participant for an orientation and immediately engages the individual in an activity. TA eligibility worker will refer individuals sanctioned beyond duration to the Welfare Fraud Investigator. Those sanctioned individuals will be required to meet monthly with the Welfare Fraud Investigator to establish on-going eligibility for Temporary Assistance. At each appointment, the Welfare Fraud Investigator will explore changes in case circumstances, household composition, medical condition, availability of resources, barriers to self-sufficiency, and household income/expenses. Individuals will be required to present at each meeting receipts or other acceptable verification of how previous month’s bills were paid; shelter, fuel, utilities, phone, food, etc. The Welfare Fraud Investigator will discuss the benefits of work with the sanctioned individual, including supportive and transitional services available to support employment. The Welfare Fraud Investigator will continue to meet monthly with individuals sanctioned beyond duration. District attempts to engage sanctioned participants during different times in the sanction period using the following strategies.
Strategies/Procedures for Engaging Sanctioned Temporary Assistance Participants. District attempts to engage sanctioned participants as soon as they are sanctioned using the following strategies: District attempts to engage sanctioned participants when the durational period of the sanction is completed using the following strategies: MCDSS will engage sanctioned indiviudals once the duration period of the sanction is over by monitoring appropriate COGNOS durational reports. Clients will be scheduled for Employment Assessments to re-engage in employment activities. At all client contact, agency staff will discuss options for compliance after the durational period ends to encourage recipients to re-engage in employment programming. At recertifications, sanctioned clients whose durational period has ended will be scheduled for Employment Assessments. If the individual does not attend the assessment appointment, or refuses a work activity assignment consistent with the demonstrated compliance process outlined in section 5.2, they will remain sanctioned. District attempts to engage sanctioned participants during different times in the sanction period using the following strategies.
Strategies/Procedures for Engaging Sanctioned Temporary Assistance Participants. District attempts to engage sanctioned participants as soon as they are sanctioned using the following strategies: The district attempts to engage the individual that has been referred for sanction to increase their job search efforts to obtain employment as certain support services such as childcare and transportation assisting are still available to them. Individuals are encouraged to go to the rensselaer County One Stop offices at either location: 0000 0xx xxx xx 000 Xxxxx Xx., Xxxx, XX to review online employment opportunities and receive specific job referrals. Clients are encouraged to use the Jobs program worker here at Project HIRE for employment opportunities also. District attempts to engage sanctioned participants when the durational period of the sanction is completed using the following strategies: Workers make phone calls to the individual if the participant has a viable phone number. Otherwise, the district mails scheduled appoinments approxitmaly 30 days before the durational period ends and will continue making the effort on a 30 day basis from that point on. Project HIRE will notify the TANF and SAFETY NET MOE units that when s client reports for recertification, the Project HIRE worker needs to meet with the client also. District attempts to engage sanctioned participants during different times in the sanction period using the following strategies. Workers start mailing scheduled appoinments and making phone calls if the district has viable phone numbers approximately 30 days before the durational period ends or within two weeks of a WE1 sanction starting.
Strategies/Procedures for Engaging Sanctioned Temporary Assistance Participants. District attempts to engage sanctioned participants as soon as they are sanctioned using the following strategies: SCDSS has a current contract with the Education & Assistance Corporation (EAC) to implement a Sanctions Intervention Project. This project consists of a monthly review of TANF and XX XXX individuals who are sanctioned until compliance, or whose sanction period has expired. These individuals are scheduled to attend an Eligibility Verification Review interview with EAC. The EAC Case Manager will review any new case findings, including a review of household composition. The EAC Case Manager will follow-up on the verification of information obtained during the interview process. This may require the EAC Case Manager to obtain financial information or request information from the individual. It may involve contact with outside sources such as the individual’s employer to verify information. The submitted financial information is discussed. The information obtained during this interview process (such as sources of income due to employment or outside contributions) must be compared to the financial information on record to determine if there is unreported or unbudgeted income. Those who appear are directly referred to the SCDOLL&CA for placement in a countable employment program activity or referred for a medical, psychiatric, or substance abuse evaluation, as warranted. Those who fail to appear are referred for a full case closing. District attempts to engage sanctioned participants when the durational period of the sanction is completed using the following strategies: Same as above. District attempts to engage sanctioned participants during different times in the sanction period using the following strategies: For individuals that have a durational sanction, EAC conducts an Eligibility Verification Review to engage these recipients during the sanction period. EAC conducts an assessment and discusses job search strategies, job search submissions, job leads, the One-Stop Employment Center, and resume preparation. Based on the individual’s needs, referrals to various resources are made, including but not limited to: • Supportive community services • Individualized resource packet • Dress for Success • One-Stop Career Couture • ACCES • HSE or TASC • Vocational training • Homelessness prevention • SSP application • Federal Bonding Program • Safelink/ Assurance Those who fail to appear are referred for a full case closing.
Strategies/Procedures for Engaging Sanctioned Temporary Assistance Participants. District attempts to engage sanctioned participants as soon as they are sanctioned using the following strategies: Individuals on non durational sanctions or whose sanctions are about to expire are sent notices reminding them that they reestablish eligibility for TA by being willing to comply with engagement requirements, which entails reporting to an assigned work activity site on time and prepared tro engage in the assigned activity. District attempts to engage sanctioned participants when the durational period of the sanction is completed using the following strategies: See above. District attempts to engage sanctioned participants during different times in the sanction period using the following strategies: See above. District has no specific strategies to engage sanctioned participants.
