Section R6-10-109. Primary Activities

A.      Jobs shall assign a participant, unless temporarily deferred under R6-10-106, to no less than 30 hours per week of primary activities, based on the participant’s employment plan described in R6-10-108. For the 10 remaining required work activity hours, Jobs shall assign the participant to any primary activity or any secondary activity as described in R6-10-111.

B.       Unsubsidized employment is the first priority for a participant. Whenever possible, Jobs shall assign a participant to unsubsi- dized employment as the participant’s primary activity.

C.      The following are primary activities:

1.        Unsubsidized employment;

2.        Job search and job readiness assistance, described in R6- 10-112, for up to six weeks per federal fiscal year;

3.        Subsidized employment such as JOBSTART, described in R6-10-125;

4.        OJT, described in R6-10-113;

5.        Work experience, described in R6-10-114;

6.        Community service programs, described in R6-10-115;

7.        Vocational educational training, described in R6-10-116:

a.         If the participant is an unmarried custodial parent, provided that the state continues to meet the feder- ally required work participation rates referenced in

A.R.S. § 46-299(B);

b.        For up to 12 months, for all other participants;

8.        Satisfactory attendance in high school or GED prepara- tion classes, described in R6-10-117, for any single teen custodial parent who is a head of household and has not obtained a high school diploma or GED;

9.        Education directly related to employment, described in R6-10-117, for any teen custodial parent who is a head of household and has not obtained a high school diploma or GED.

D.      TPEP parents shall participate for a minimum of three consec- utive work days in work activities before the Department authorizes issuance of the initial TPEP cash assistance pay- ment.

Historical Note

Adopted effective January 10, 1977 (Supp. 77-1). Section repealed, new Section adopted effective June 6, 1995 (Supp. 95-2). Section repealed; new Section adopted effective July 31, 1997, under an exemption from the provisions of A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6 (Supp. 97-3).

Amended by final rulemaking at 11 A.A.R. 5371, effective January 14, 2006 (05-4).

Note

Editor’s Note: The following Section was repealed and a new Section  adopted  under  an  exemption  from  the  provisions  of

A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6, pursuant to Laws 1997, Ch. 300, § 74 (A). Exemption from A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6 means the Depart- ment did not submit notice of proposed rulemaking to the Secre- tary of State for publication in the Arizona Administrative Register; the Department did not submit these rules to the Gover- nor’s Regulatory Review Council for review and approval; and the Department was not required to hold public hearings on this Section.