13 CSR 40-2.370 - Requirement that All Recipients for the Payment of Temporary Assistance Shall Complete an Assessment and May Be Required To Complete an Individual Employment Plan
(1) Initial Assessment.
(A) For the purpose of the administration of
the Temporary Assistance Program, the Family Support Division shall make an
initial assessment of the skills, prior work experience, and employability of
each applicant/recipient of assistance under the program who is the head of
household or second parent and-
1. Has
attained eighteen (18) years of age; or
2. Has not completed high school or obtained
a certificate of high school equivalency and is not attending secondary
school.
(B) The
assessment described in subsection (1)(A) shall be completed at
application.
(C) On the basis of
the assessment made under subsection (1)(A) with respect to an individual, the
Family Support Division shall refer the recipient to the contracted service
provider or its designee to negotiate an Individual Employment Plan (IEP) with
the individual, unless the person meets an exclusion or exemption under
13 CSR
40-2.315(2)(C) and
13 CSR
40-2.315(2)(D).
(2) Individual Employment Plan.
(A) The contracted service provider or its
designee shall develop with the individual an IEP which-
1. Sets forth an employment goal for the
individual and a plan for moving the individual into employment as soon as
possible and will include a requirement that the individual participate in an
allowable/countable work activity for the minimum required hours outlined in
13 CSR
40-2.315;
2. To the greatest extent possible is
designed to move the individual into whatever employment the individual is
capable of handling as quickly as possible by establishing short- and long-term
educational/occupational goals;
3.
Assesses the individual's barriers that may hinder the individual's ability to
seek and/or obtain employment. Those barriers may include (but are not limited
to): substance abuse, legal issues, child care, healthcare, transportation, and
education;
4. Identify available
support services, such as subsidized child care, medical services, and
transportation benefits, to help ensure that the family will become
self-sustaining and will be less likely to return to public
assistance;
5. Address
circumstances creating barriers to self-sufficiency and may be updated and
adjusted to identify and address the removal of these barriers; and
6. Ascertain the skills of the individual
that will expand the individual's opportunity to obtain
employment.
(3)
The Family Support Division shall encourage families who have an IEP to make
full use of the federal earned income tax credit.
(4) If an individual in a family fails to
cooperate in developing, or fails to comply with the requirements of, the IEP
without good cause as defined in
13 CSR
40-2.315, the division shall sanction the individual
as provided in 13 CSR 40-2.315.
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