(1) What is community service?
Community service is unpaid work (such as the work performed by volunteer workers) that:
(a) You perform for a charitable nonprofit organization, federal, state, local or tribal government or district, including traditional activities that perpetuate tribal culture and customs; or
(b) You self-initiate at a childcare or preschool facility licensed under chapter
43.215 RCW, or at an elementary school in which your child is enrolled.
(2) What other activities may be approved, even though they are not considered community service, because they benefit me, my family, my community or my tribe and might be included in my individual responsibility plan?
(a) Caring for a disabled family member;
(b) Caring for a child, if you are fifty-five years old or older and receiving TANF or SFA assistance for the child as a relative (instead of as the child's parent);
(c) Providing childcare for another WorkFirst participant who is doing community service;
(d) Actively participating in a drug or alcohol assessment or treatment program which is certified or contracted by the state under chapter
70.96A RCW;
(e) Participating in family violence counseling or drug or alcohol treatment that will help you become employable or keep your job (this is called "specialized services" in state law);
(f) Participating in the pregnancy to employment pathway; and/or
(g) Job preparation.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
74.04.050,
74.04.055,
74.04.057,
74.08.090,
74.08A.250, and 2011 c 42. WSR 11-23-011, § 388-310-1400, filed 11/7/11, effective 12/8/11. Statutory Authority: RCW
74.04.050,
74.04.055,
74.08.090. WSR 08-07-046, § 388-310-1400, filed 3/14/08, effective 5/1/08. Statutory Authority: RCW
74.04.050,
74.04.055,
74.04.057,
74.08.090. WSR 05-13-030, § 388-310-1400, filed 6/3/05, effective 7/4/05. Statutory Authority: RCW
74.08.090,
74.04.050. WSR 00-06-062, § 388-310-1400, filed 3/1/00, effective 3/1/00; WSR 99-10-027, § 388-310-1400, filed 4/28/99, effective 5/29/99; WSR 97-20-129, § 388-310-1400, filed 10/1/97, effective 11/1/97.]