Section R6-12-605. Unemployed Parents in a Two-parent Household (TPEP)

A.      An assistance unit with a needy child deprived of parental sup- port because the primary wage-earning parent (PWEP) is unemployed shall receive CA through the Two-parent Employment Program (TPEP) if the assistance unit meets the eligibility criteria listed in R6-12-609, R6-12-610, R6-12-611, and all other applicable CA eligibility criteria.

B.       The child’s mother and father shall both reside with the child.

C.      Neither parent shall have a physical or mental defect, illness, or impairment that:

1.        Substantially decreases or eliminates the parent’s ability to support or care for the child, and

2.        Is expected to last for a minimum of 30 continuous days.

D.      The PWEP shall not refuse a bona fide offer of employment or training for employment without good cause, within 30 days prior to application. Good cause for refusal is limited to the following circumstances:

1.        The offered wage was less than minimum wage;

2.        The parent lacked the physical or mental ability to do the work;

3.        The parent’s lack of public or private transportation pre- vented the parent from reporting to the job;

4.        The parent lacked suitable day care;

5.        The  parent  was   personally  providing  care   for  a  child under the age of 2 at the time of the refusal;

6.        The working conditions would involve undue risk to the parent’s health or safety;

7.        The work lacked workers’ compensation protection;

8.        The commuting time to and from work would normally exceed two hours, round trip;

9.        The parent could not accept the job due to illness of the parent or another family member;

10.     The offered position was vacant due to a labor strike or lockout;

11.     The parent was incarcerated or making a required court appearance;

12.     Inclement weather prevented the parent from accepting the job or reporting for work; or

13.     The parent was laid off but is expected to return to the prior place of employment within 30 days of the date of the job offer.

Historical Note

Adopted effective November 9, 1995 (Supp. 95-4). Amended effective July 31, 1997, under an exemption from the provisions of A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6 (Supp. 97-3). Section repealed; new R6-12-605 renumbered from R6-12-609 and amended by exempt rulemaking at 16 A.A.R. 1141, effective July 1, 2010 (Supp. 10-2).

Note

Editor’s Note: The following Section was amended under an exemption from the provisions of A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6, pur- suant to Laws 1997, Ch. 300, § 74 (A). Exemption from A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6 means the Department did not submit notice of proposed rulemaking to the Secretary of State for publication in the Arizona Administrative Register; the Department did not sub- mit these rules to the Governor’s Regulatory Review Council for review and approval; and the Department was not required to hold public hearings on this Section.