Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 3 - Public Assistance and Medical Assistance › Chapter 45 - Alaska Temporary Assistance Program › 7 AAC 45.260 - Work activities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Under
				AS
				47.27.035(a), the department
				will assign work activities, not to exceed 40 hours a week, to a recipient
				before or after the recipient has received a total of 24 months of assistance,
				as department staff availability and financial resources allow.
(b) Under
				AS
				47.27.035(b), the department
				will exempt from the work activities requirement for up to 12 months a single
				custodial parent or caretaker with one or more children under age 12 months.
				The parent or caretaker may receive the exemption for a cumulative total of 12
				months, regardless of the number of children living with that parent or
				caretaker or the period of time that the parent or caretaker receives
				assistance under AS 47.27. This exemption does not apply to a minor parent who
				is required by
				AS
				47.27.027(a)(3) to maintain
				attendance in a secondary school or other appropriate training program. The
				department will also exempt from the work activities requirement a parent or
				caretaker described in
				AS
				47.27.035(c). The exemption
				provided in
				AS
				47.27.035(c)(2) is
				applicable only to the extent that the medical reasons prevent the parent or
				caretaker from participating in the work activities. The documentation required
				by AS
				47.27.035(c)(2) must be
				submitted on a form provided, or in a format specified, by the
				department.
(c) The department may
				require an individual who is subject to the work activities requirement in
				AS
				47.27.035 to drop or modify a personal
				activity, such as vocational training or post-secondary education, if the
				department determines that pursuit of the activity interferes with the
				individual's participation in an activity assigned in the FSSP developed under
				AS
				47.27.030. The department may impose a
				penalty under
				7 AAC 45.980 upon an individual who refuses to drop or
				modify the personal activity.
(d)
				The department will consider the availability of subsidized or unsubsidized
				work before assigning a recipient to job sampling or community service
				work.
(e) The department may
				provide a work activities participant with opportunities for subsidized work.
				For a participant engaged in subsidized work, the department may provide the
				ATAP family's benefit amount, or a portion of that amount, to the employer as
				part of the paid wage. Subsidized wages must be paid at the same rate as for
				other employees doing comparable work; any wages higher than the ATAP benefit
				must be paid by the employer. Placement of a participant in subsidized work
				must comply with
				AS
				23.10.050-23.10.150 (Alaska Wage and Hour
				Act).
(f) The department will
				determine the number of job sampling, community service work, and subsidized
				work hours actually performed by a recipient in a calendar month according to
				methods established by the department. The department may limit the length of a
				recipient's placement at a sponsoring location to a specified period in order
				not to interfere with the recipient's availability for unsubsidized work. When
				assigning a recipient to job sampling, community service work, or subsidized
				work, the department will assure that the assignment does not cause any of the
				following:
(1) displacement of any currently
				employed worker, including partial displacement through a reduction in overtime
				hours, wages, or benefits;
(2)
				imposition of fines or penalties against a participant by a labor
				union;
(3) prevention of filling a
				vacancy with an employee in layoff status from a similar position;
(4) filling of a vacancy created by a layoff
				or a reduction in force.