WSR 98-07-100
PROPOSED RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Economic Services Administration)
[Filed March 18, 1998, 10:32 a.m.]
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 97-23-080
Title of Rule: WAC 388-218-1390 Community jobs wage subsidy program, the WorkFirst Division has designed a wage subsidy program, community jobs, to allow temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) recipients the opportunity to gain employment skills and experience. The WorkFirst Division developed WAC 388-218-1390 to provide income related rules for this program
Purpose: Adds new rule, WAC 388-218-1390, which sets income related rules for community jobs participants
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.08.090, 74.04.050, 74.08A.320
Statute Being Implemented: RCW 74.08A.320
Summary: The community jobs wage subsidy program allows participants to get job skills and work experience they need to move into unsubsidized work. While in the program, participants receive a paycheck from the employer subsidized with the funds that would otherwise be given to them as a TANF grant
Reasons Supporting Proposal: Expresses intent of federal and state welfare reform legislation
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting, Implementation and Enforcement: Cindy Anderson, WorkFirst Division, Program Support Unit, (360) 413-3095
Name of Proponent: Department of Social and Health Services, governmental.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: This new rule sets income related rules for community jobs participants. The community jobs wage subsidy program allows participants to get job skills and work experience they need to move into unsubsidized work
Proposal does not change existing rules.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. Does not have an economic impact on small businesses.
RCW 34.05.328 does not apply to this rule adoption. RCW 34.05.328 (5)(b)(vii) exempts the Department of Social and Health Services rules that apply to client medical or financial eligibility.
Hearing Location: Lacey Government Center (behind Tokyo Bento Restaurant), 1009 College Street S.E., Room 104-B, Lacey, WA 98503, on April 21, 1998, at 10:00 a.m
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Paige Wall by April 10, 1998, phone (360) 902-7540, e-mail pwall@dshs.wa.gov
Submit Written Comments to: Identify WAC Numbers, Paige Wall, Acting Rules Coordinator, Rules and Policies Assistance Unit, P.O. Box 45850, Olympia, WA 98504-5850, FAX (360) 902-8292, by April, 21, 1998
Date of Intended Adoption: No sooner than April 22, 1998
March 18, 1998
Edith M. Rice, Chief
Office of Legal Affairs
SHS-2367:2
NEW SECTION
WAC 388-218-1390 Community jobs wage subsidy program. (1) The monthly wage received by a temporary assistance for needy families (TANF)/state family assistance (SFA) client who participates in the community jobs (CJ) wage subsidy program is:
(a) Not counted as income for the first month of CJ participation; and
(b) Budgeted prospectively (as defined in WAC 388-218-1900(3)) beginning with the second month of CJ participation.
(2) The cash grant will not be adjusted when actual income from a community job differs from the estimate.
(3) The CJ participant's grant amount is computed by:
(a) Reducing the expected CJ gross income by twenty percent as specified in WAC 388-310-1300(10); and
(b) Deducting the remainder from the payment level as specified in WAC 388-218-1920(1).
(4) CJ income is not subject to monthly reporting (MR) or income reporting (IR) requirements.
(5) When a change in income or resources causes the assistance unit's grant amount to be less than ten dollars or results in ineligibility, a CJ participant's cash grant:
(a) Will be suspended following rules in WAC 388-245-1400(1);
(b) Will continue to be suspended until participation is redetermined according to WAC 388-310-1300(9); and
(c) Can be in suspense for no more than nine months, in that specific position.
(6) Each month a CJ participant's cash grant is suspended will count toward the assistance unit's five year lifetime time limit.
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