Transferring Individuals from Tribal NEW to State JOBS 400-19-80-30

(Revised 6/1/10 ML #3218)

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When an individual is no longer participating in the Tribal NEW program and needs to be referred to the State JOBS program, it is imperative that the change in the JOBS Type field on the JOBS window from ‘Tribal’ to ‘State’ be made in the future benefit month and not the benefit month equal to the current calendar month.

Example: A Native American individual completes post-secondary education in May and is now required to be referred to State JOBS. In the benefit month of June, the JOBS Type must be changed from ‘Tribal’ to ‘State’ and a referral to State JOBS created.

 

Creating the ‘State’ JOBS referral in this manner also allows the JOBS Employment Contractor additional time to assist the ‘State’ JOBS participant in meeting the required number of hours in approved work activities by the actual start date of the identified ‘State’ JOBS month for federal reporting purposes.

 

For TANF federal reporting purposes, a TANF recipient is identified as a Tribal NEW participant based on the JOBS Type selection of ‘Tribal’ on the JOBS window in the automated computer system.  Tribal NEW participants are excluded from the work participation rate requirement for federal reporting purposes every month in which the JOBS Type selection of ‘Tribal’ displays on the JOBS window.