Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-12-1303 - Diversion of Benefits to Wage Pool

A. When JOBS notifies FAA that JOBS has assigned a recipient to a JOBSTART-subsidized placement, FAA shall redirect the recipient's CA and Food Stamp Program benefits to the JOBSTART wage pool to reimburse the participant's employer for wages paid to the participant.

B. The reimbursement shall not exceed the lesser of:

1. The recipient's gross monthly earnings from the JOBSTART-subsidized placement, calculated as total hours worked times the participant's hourly wage rate; or

2. A fixed subsidy amount determined by the Department pursuant to the contract with the employer. The reimbursement shall not exceed 40 hours per week at the federal minimum wage.

C. The Department shall divert the CA and Food Stamp Program benefits to the wage pool beginning with the calendar month following the month the participant 1st receives wages from the subsidized placement and shall continue diverting the benefits until the participant stops holding a subsidized placement.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-12-1303

Adopted effective November 9, 1995 (Supp. 95-4). Section R6-12-1303 repealed; new Section renumbered from R6-12-1304 and amended effective July 31, 1997, under an exemption from the provisions of A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6 (Supp. 97-3).

The following Section was renumbered and a new Section renumbered and amended under an exemption from the provisions of A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6, pursuant to Laws 1997, Ch. 300, § 74 (A). Exemption from A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6 means the Department did not submit notice of proposed rulemaking to the Secretary of State for publication in the Arizona Administrative Register; the Department did not submit these rules to the Governor's Regulatory Review Council for review and approval; and the Department was not required to hold public hearings on this Section.