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The Quiz Show

• Work Activities

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Federal Work Activity Categories

• What are the 12 federal work activity categories?

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Federal Work Activity Categories

1. Unsubsidized employment
2. Subsidized private employment
3. Subsidized public employment
4. Work experience
5. On-the-job training
6. Job search and job readiness
7. Community service
8. Vocational educational training
9. Providing childcare
10. Job skills training (directly related to
    employment
11. Education directly related to employment
12. Satisfactory attendance at GED or diploma

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Federal Work Activity Categories

• What are the 9 basic work activity categories?

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Basic Work Activity Categories

1. Unsubsidized employment
2. Subsidized private employment
3. Subsidized public employment
4. Work experience
5. On-the-job training
6. Job search and job readiness
7. Community service programs
8. Vocational educational training
9. Providing childcare

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Basic Work Activity Categories

• What basic work activity categories are time
  limited by federal law?

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Basic Work Activity Categories

• Job Search
• Vocational Education Training

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Basic Work Activity Categories

• How many weeks in a row can a participant
  actually complete job searches and the job
  searches count towards the participation rate?

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Basic Work Activity Categories

• Job Search
• 4 Consecutive Weeks

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Basic Work Activity Categories

• How many weeks can a participant complete the job
  searches and the job search activity count in the
  participation rate (total) during the federal
  fiscal year (cumulative)?

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Basic Work Activity Categories

• Job Search
• 4 Consecutive weeks
• 6 Cumulative weeks in the FFY

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Basic Work Activity Categories

• How many months in a participants lifetime can a
  participant complete hours in vocational
  education and the hours count (one or more) in
  the participation rate as a countable work
  activity?

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Basic Work Activity Categories

• 12 months in an entire lifetime

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Basic Work Activity Categories

• Vocational education federal language
• Vocational educational training may only count
  for a total of 12 months for any individual
• If an individual is included in the numerator for
  a month as a result of participation in
  Vocational Education, those hours will count as
  one of the months in the 12 month limit,
  regardless of the number of hours used

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Basic Plus Work Activities

• What are the basic plus work activity categories
  under federal law?

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Basic Plus Work Activity Categories

• Job skills training directly related to
  employment
• Education Directly Related to Employment
• For persons without a high school diploma or a
  GED
• Satisfactory attendance at a secondary school or
  in a course of study leading to a GED
• For persons without a high school diploma or a GED

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Basic Plus Work Activity Categories

• Define the term Basic Plus work activity?
• Simply stated, when can basic plus work activity
  categories be counted in the participation rate?

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Work Activity Categories

• Activities may be counted in the participation
  rate if the individual participates the minimum
  required hours in basic work activities
• Each family type must complete a number of hours
  in a basic countable work activity category
  (foundation hours)
• Above that minimum requirement, the individual
  may participate in the same or other basic
  activities or in basic plus activities

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Work Activity Categories

• Jenny is single mother of three
• Her youngest child is 6 months
• Jenny and her career specialist (you) determine
  that she would benefit from a worksite in her
  chosen career field to gain work experience and
  employability skills
• What basic activity category will you assign her
  to?
• How many hours must she participate in the work
  activity category to meet participation rate
  requirements?
• You must provide number of hours in a basic
  countable work activity if applicable.

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Work Activity Categories

• Single parent home with a child under the age of
  six must participate in a minimum of 20 hours
• Must be in a basic work activity
• Additional hours may be required or requested
• Additional hours may be in a basic or basic plus
  activity

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Everyone Plays for Points

• Name a job search or job readiness assistance
  activity that exists in your area?

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Work Activities

• If a participant is enrolled in a work experience
  plus education (WEP) activity, does the OSST case
  have to have both a work site and an education
  code?

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Work Activities

• No
• Work experience plus education (WEP)
• Coded in the computer as 220
• Includes both education and worksite under one
  code
• Community service work experience (CWEP)
• Worksite hours only

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Frequently Asked Question

• If I enroll the participant in CWEP, I get more
  work site hours. So, can I enter both CWEP and an
  education activity?

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Frequently Asked Question

• Yes
• Does the CWEP calculation bring the worksite
  hours up to 20/30/50?
• If no, are you going to assign another basic
  countable work activity?
• If no, would WEP be better even though worksite
  hours are less?

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Work Activities

• How do I determine the number of hours a
  participant must be engaged in work site hours
  under
• WEP
• CWEP
• CLUE Give the calculation

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Work Activities

• WEP (220)
• (Temporary Cash Assistance amount for the
  month/Floridas minimum wage)/4.3
• CWEP (210)
• (Temporary Cash Assistance amount Food Stamp
  amount)/Floridas minimum wage/4.3

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Work Activities

• Florida Statutes do not expound on work activity
  requirements or definitions.
• True or False

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Work Activities

• FALSE
• Florida Statutes 445.024 has a lot of information
  
• Did you know WEP must be supervised and
  structured?
• Did you know WEP requires benchmarks, goals,
  outcomes and time limits to ensure the
  participant moves towards self-sufficiency?

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Work Activities

• Worksites assigned under Community Service Work
  Experience (CWEP) and WEP must be in a private
  for profit agency.
• True or False

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Work Activities

• False
• Work sites under WEP or CWEP must be at a public
  or private NOT-for-profit agency

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Appropriate Work Activity

• Bob
• Single father of two
• Youngest child is 9
• Bob reports that he injured his back and is under
  doctors care (no documentation) and cannot work
• Reviewing his initial assessment, his last job
  was in 2005
• You assign him to unassisted job search while he
  is securing medical documentation. Is this
  appropriate?

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Appropriate Work Activity

• NO
• Why? He reported an injury that is not limiting
  employment. Employment does not appear to be a
  goal at the moment
• He stated he cannot work, is he likely to comply?
  
• He can be assigned to another activity and
  request that he secure medical documentation
  regarding his limitations to employment and his
  treatment plan so you both can establish clear
  goals and a path towards those goals

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Appropriate Work Activity

• Christopher would like to be an RN. After
  reviewing all other eligibility requirements, it
  is recognized that he needs to bring his basic
  education skills (math, reading and language)
  from a 8th grade level to a 10th grade level
• What activity would you assign Christopher to?

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Appropriate Work Activity

• Options (review his goals and develop steps
  towards the goal)
• Employment
• Get a job and go to school part time
• Intense referral process
• WEP (worksite in the health care field and
  education)
• Not an option
• Vocational education
• Vocational education cannot be used for
  remediation
• Job skills training
• Job skills training is customized training to
  meet the specific needs of an employer or
  industry
• An option but does not count in the participation
  rate if it is the primary or only activity
• Secondary school attendance
• Adult basic education

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Everyone Plays for Points

• Jenny has turned in a medical verification form
  indicating she cannot work due to a physical
  limitation
• What should Jenny be assigned to?
• What should be included in Jennys IRP?
• What should the system reflect?

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Appropriate Work Activity

• What should Jenny be assigned to?
• Activities she can engage in that consider her
  limitations and assist her towards her goal
• What should be included in Jennys IRP?
• A clear treatment plan
• Needs, barriers and goals, including employment
  goals
• Activities and steps to complete the activities
  that will help Jenny meet her goals
• What should the system reflect?
• Her deferral
• Any activity she is engaged in
• SSI/SSDI application if appropriate

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Appropriate Work Activity

• Jenny is unable to work or go to school, but
  would eventually like to complete her GED and
  work from home through a medical transcription
  program
• Because she has a complete and permanent
  disability, she has agreed to apply for SSI/SSDI
• She is given a GED and an employment skills
  workbook. Can we code her as 731 to make it a
  countable activity for the participation rate?

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Appropriate Work Activity

• No
• For vocational education to count as a primary
  activity for the participation rate
• The education cannot include remediation of basic
  skills
• The education program must be designed to provide
  participant with skills and certification
  necessary for employment in an occupational area

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Appropriate Work Activity

• Paris comes to her first appointment and states
  she really wants to get a job
• It is her first week of participation
• She has not had a job in six months
• Her two previous jobs lasted about 3 months each
• Should you refer her to conduct a non-assisted
  job search?

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Appropriate Work Activity

• It is not recommended
• Why?
• Considering her current goal and desire to get a
  job, what would you assign her to?

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Appropriate Work Activity

• As of February 2006, what was Floridas
  unemployment rate?

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Appropriate Work Activity

• 3.2
• Employment
• Is a threshold to a career
• Is an environment to gain employability skills
• Is an environment to earn references
• Is an environment to gain skills

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Appropriate Work Activity

• What is the most common activity type (or
  specific activity) assigned to participants by
  RWB providers?

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Job Search and Job Club
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National Comparison
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Florida Engagement
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What Would You Do (WWYD)?

• Participant 1 needs
• ABE
• Work experience
• Employability skills
• Job search Assistance
• What activity would you assign?
• What code would be in the system?

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What Would You Do (WWYD)?

• Options
• WEP (220)
• ABE and work site
• Worksite should be linked to future employment
  goals
• Education and worksite goals must be established
  and monitored

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What Would You Do (WWYD)?

• Participant 2 wants to become an RN
• Has a GED, TABE test is 11th grade
• Does not have a felony or violent record
• Has applied at school and has been accepted
  starting June 15 (summer term)
• What activity would you assign the participant
  to?
• What code should be placed in the system?

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What Would You Do (WWYD)?

• Work and school
• The individual can work in the hospital part time
  and go to school
• WEP (220)
• Save Voc Education (731) for intense semesters
• Use if the individual is at school and in a
  practicum
• Vocational education primary (731)
• Last resort

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All Play-What Would You Do?

• You are meeting for the first time with a refugee
  from Cuba that
• Does not have the ability to work in the U.S.
• Does not have a SSN
• Has limited English speaking skills
• Where do you go from here?
• What activity can he be placed in?
• Is the activity countable?

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WWYD?

• Ultimately
• Treat the individual like a participant in the
  program
• Complete the initial assessment of work history,
  employability, skills, etc.
• Review both barriers to employment and employment
  goals
• Development a plan that is appropriate for the
  individual to move towards employment

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WWYD?

• Activities that may be appropriate
• Apply for and secure employment papers
• Apply for and secure an INS status
• Apply for and secure a SSN
• Take ESOL classes (if needed)
• Secure employability skills for the Florida
  workforce
• Basic education or advanced skills classes if
  needed

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WWYD?

• Are these activities countable?
• Depends on how they are used
• Depends on how they are entered in the system
• Use activities appropriately
• Assist and encourage the individual to build on
  his/her skills
• Engage the individual while securing
  documentation and employment approval

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Basic work activities
Basic Work Activities Exceptions Code
Unsubsidized Employment Skill Development/Job Tracking
Subsidized Employment Skill Development/Job Tracking
Work Exp combined with Education (WEP) Worksite hours must be based on calculation and the activity must include education 220
Job Search Job Readiness Assistance (job club) No more than 4 consecutive weeks in FFY, or a total of 6 weeks in FFY 120 110 (job club / employment prep
Community Service Work Experience Cannot exceed the hours resulting from the calculation 210
Vocational Education Training Limited to 12 months in a lifetime Cannot be or include remediation
Providing Childcare Only if the family is in CWEP 780
Satisfactory attendance in GED/Diploma for a Teen or Teen Parent w/o a Diploma or GED Teen or minor head of household 712
Education Directly Related to Employment Teen or minor head of household 712
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BASIC PLUS ACTIVITIES
Basic Plus Activities Exceptions Code
Job Skills Training Countable above 20 hours in basic activities 310
Education Related to Employment Countable above 20 hours in basic activities 712
Satisfactory attendance at secondary school or GED class Countable above 20 hours in basic activities for those without a high school diploma or GED 713