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.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 98-07-100 on March 18, 1998.

Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: Subsection (2) from original notice filed March 18, 1998, has been removed as the department will not be adjusting the income (wages) of a community jobs participant. A community jobs participant will always receive a set wage, as determined by the department.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 1, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

April 27, 1998

Edith M. Rice, Chief

Office of Legal Affairs

NEW SECTION

WAC 388-218-1390  Community jobs program--Treatment of income. (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 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(9); and

(b) Deducting the remainder from the payment level as specified in WAC 388-218-1920(1).

(3) CJ income is not subject to monthly reporting (MR) or income reporting (IR) requirements.

(4) 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(8); and

(c) Can be in suspense for no more than nine months.

(5) 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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