PERMANENT RULES
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Economic Services Administration)
Date of Adoption: June 21, 2000.
Purpose: We are amending this rule to add new supports service limits and categories such as educational expenses and transitional work expense.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-310-0800.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.08.090, 74.04.050, and 78.08A.340.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 00-10-091 on May 2, 2000.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: Only changes were in wording and ordering to clarify meaning.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 6, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 6, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 6, Repealed 0.
Other Findings Required by Other Provisions of Law as Precondition to Adoption or Effectiveness of Rule: To align the changes in the amounts of support services authorized with the start of the fiscal year, it is necessary to have an effective date of July 1, 2000.Effective Date of Rule: July 1, 2000.
June 21, 2000
Marie Myerchin-Redifer, Manager
Rules and Policies Assistance Unit
2707.7
(1) ((Why do
I receive)) Who can get support services?
((Support services help you participate in work and
WorkFirst activities that lead to financial independence. You
can also get help in paying your child care expenses through the
working connections child care assistance program. (Chapter 388-290 WAC describes the rules for this child care assistance
program.)
(2) What support services may I receive?
You may receive support services, including but not limited to any of the following:
(a) Employment related needs such as work clothing or uniforms, tools, equipment, relocation expenses, or fees;
(b) Transportation costs such as mileage reimbursement, public transportation vouchers, and car repair;
(c) Professional services;
(d) Personal needs such as clothing appropriate for job search or other work activities;
(e) Special needs such as accommodations for employment;
(f) Identified specific needs due to location or employment if you are an American Indian;
(g) Job skills training, vocational education and/or basic education if:
(i) It is an approved activity in your individual responsibility plan; and
(ii) You do not qualify for sufficient student financial aid to meet the cost.
(3) When will I get support services?
The department or its agents will decide what support services you will receive, as follows:
(a) You need the support services to do the activities in your individual responsibility plan;
(b) It is within available funds; and
(c) It does not assist, promote, or deter religious activity.
(4) How much support services can I get?
The chart below shows the guidelines for the amount and type of support services you can get. There is a suggested limit of fifteen hundred dollars per person per calendar year for the amount of support services you can receive from the department and/or employment security.
| Type of Support Service | Suggested Limit |
| Accommodation (reasonable) | $1,000 per request |
| Books/supplies (school) | No limit |
| Car repair | $500 per calendar year |
| Clothing–General | Participant–$250 per request Each child–$100 per request |
| Clothing/uniforms–Employment | Participant–$200 per year |
| Clothing/uniforms–Training | No limit |
| Diapers | $50 per child per month |
| Employer reimbursement | No limit |
| GED | No limit |
| Haircut | $40 per request |
| License/fees | $300 per each license or fee |
| Lunch | $15 per event |
| Medical exams (not covered by Medicaid) | $150 per exam |
| Mileage | $0.315 per mile (not to exceed $100 per week) |
| Personal hygiene | $50 per request (up to three times per calendar year) |
| Professional, trade, association, union and bonds | $300 per each due or fee |
| Public transportation | $150 per month |
| Relocation | $1,000 per calendar year |
| Rent, housing, deposits | $500 per calendar year |
| Short-term lodging and meals | $300 per request |
| Testing–Certification | $100 each |
| Testing–Diagnostic | $200 each |
| Tools (training) | No limit |
| Tools/equipment | $300 per request |
| Tutoring | $200 per month |
| Tuition and fees | No limit |
If you request support services from your case manager, you can:
(a) Ask to see a copy of these guidelines;
(b) Ask for an exception, if you are requesting more than the guidelines allow or asking for services or goods not mentioned in the guidelines; and/or
(c) Request a fair hearing, if your request for support services is denied.
(6) What happens to my support services if I do not participate as required?
The department will give you ten days notice, following the rules in WAC 388-418-0030, then discontinue your support services until you participate as required)) (a) WorkFirst participants;
(b) Sanctioned WorkFirst participants during the two-week participation before the sanction is lifted;
(c) Unmarried or pregnant minors who are income eligible to receive TANF and are:
(i) Living in a department approved living arrangement (WAC 388-486-0005) and are meeting the school requirements (WAC 388-486-0010); or
(ii) Actively working with a social worker to remove the barriers that are preventing the minor from living in a department approved living arrangement and/or meeting the school requirements.
(d) Former WorkFirst recipients who are looking for work, preparing for work, or working.
(2) Why do I receive support services?
(a) Support services help you participate in work and WorkFirst activities that lead to independence. You can also get help in paying your child care expenses through the working connections child care assistance program. (Chapter 388-290 WAC describes the rules for this child care assistance program.)
(b) Support services help you to keep working, accept a job, participate in job search, advance in your job and/or increase your wages.
(3) What support services may I receive?
You may receive support services, including but not limited to any of the following:
(a) Employment related needs such as work clothing or uniforms, tools, equipment, relocation expenses, or fees;
(b) Transportation costs such as mileage reimbursement, public transportation vouchers, and car repair;
(c) Professional services;
(d) Personal needs such as clothing appropriate for job search or other work activities;
(e) Special needs such as accommodations for employment;
(f) Identified specific needs due to location or employment if you are an American Indian;
(g) Job skills training, vocational education and/or basic education if:
(i) It is an approved activity in your individual responsibility plan; and
(ii) You do not qualify for sufficient student financial aid to meet the cost.
(h) Transitional work expense of one thousand dollars if:
(i) You are in unsubsidized employment; or
(ii) You are in subsidized employment that does not use TANF funds or does not end with your grant; and
(iii) You are in the assistance unit and receiving a TANF/SFA grant of one hundred dollars or less a month; and
(iv) You or anyone in your assistance unit is not in sanction status; and
(v) You voluntarily stop receiving your TANF/SFA grant; and
(vi) You are an adult and have never received a transitional work expense.
(4) What are the requirements to get support services?
The department or its agents will decide what support services you will receive, as follows:
(a) You need the support services to do the activities in your individual responsibility plan, do job search, accept employment, do paid work, continue to work, to advance in your job and/or increase your wages; or
(b) You are a pregnant or parenting minor who is income eligible to receive TANF and you need support services to remove barriers that prevent you from living in a department approved living arrangement and/or meet the school requirements; or
(c) Your request is within twenty-four months after your TANF/SFA case closed; and
(d) It is within available funds; and
(e) It does not assist, promote, or deter religious activity.
(5) How much support services can I get?
The chart below shows the guidelines for the amount and type of support services you can get. There is a suggested limit of three thousand dollars per person per program year (July 1st to June 30th) for support services you can receive from the department and/or employment security.
| Type of Support Service | Suggested Limit |
| Accommodation (reasonable) | $1,000 for each request |
| Car repair | $750 per program year |
| Clothing–General | Participant–$250 for each request Each child–$100 for each request |
| Clothing/uniforms–Employment | Participant–$200 per program year |
| Counseling | No limit |
| Diapers | $50 per child per month |
| Educational expenses | $300 for each request |
| Employer reimbursement | No limit |
| Haircut | $40 for each request |
| License/fees/liability insurance | $600 per each license, fee or liability insurance request per program year |
| Lunch | Same rate as established by OFM for state employees |
| Medical exams (not covered by Medicaid) | $150 per exam |
| Mileage | Same rate as established by OFM for state employees |
| Personal hygiene | $50 for each request (up to three times per program year) |
| Professional, trade, association, union and bonds | $300 for each fee |
| Public transportation | $150 per month |
| Relocation | $1,000 per program year |
| Rent, housing, deposits | $500 per program year |
| Short-term lodging and meals | Same rate as established by OFM for state employees |
| Testing–Diagnostic | $200 each |
| Tools/equipment | $500 for each request |
If you request support services from your case manager, you can:
(a) Ask to see a copy of these guidelines;
(b) Ask for additional services, if you are requesting more than the guidelines allow or asking for services or goods not mentioned in the guidelines; and/or
(c) Request a fair hearing, if your request for support services is denied.
(7) What happens to my support services if I do not participate as required?
The department will give you ten days notice, following the rules in WAC 388-310-1600, then discontinue your support services until you participate as required.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090 and 74.04.050. 99-14-043, § 388-310-0800, filed 6/30/99, effective 7/31/99; 97-20-129, § 388-310-0800, filed 10/1/97, effective 11/1/97.]