WAC 388-310-0400
WorkFirst--Entering the WorkFirst
program as a mandatory participant. (1) What happens when I
enter the WorkFirst program as a mandatory participant?
If you are a mandatory participant, you must follow
instructions as written in your individual responsibility plan
(see WAC 388-310-0500), which is written after you have
participated in a comprehensive evaluation of elements related
to your employability. If you have been identified as someone
who needs necessary supplemental accommodation (NSA) services
(defined in chapter 388-472 WAC) your case manager will first
develop an accommodation plan to help you access WorkFirst
services. The case manager will use the accommodation plan to
help develop your IRP with you. If you have been identified
as a victim of family violence (defined in WAC 388-61-001),
you and your case manager will develop an IRP to help you with
your situation, including referrals to appropriate services.
If you are a mandatory participant, your case manager
will refer you to WorkFirst activities unless any of the
following applies to you:
(a) You work thirty-two or more hours a week. "Work"
means to engage in any legal, income generating activity which
is taxable under the United States tax code or which would be
taxable with or without a treaty between an Indian Nation and
the United States;
(b) You work sixteen or more hours a week in the federal
or state work study program and you attend a Washington state
community or technical college at least half time;
(c) You work twenty or more hours a week in unsubsidized
employment and attend a Washington state community or
technical college at least half time;
(d) You are under the age of eighteen, have not completed
high school, GED or its equivalent and are in school full
time;
(e) You are eighteen or nineteen years of age and are
attending high school or an equivalent full time;
(f) You are pregnant or have a child under the age of
twelve months, and are participating in other pregnancy to
employment activities. See WAC 388-310-1450;
(g) Your situation prevents you from looking for a job
and you are conducting activities identified on your IRP to
help you with your situation. (For example, you may be unable
to look for a job while you have health problems or you are
homeless); or
(h) Your situation prevents you from looking for work
because you are a victim of family violence and you are
conducting activities on your IRP to help you with your
situation.
(2) How will I know what my participation requirements
are?
(a) Your individual responsibility plan will describe
what you need to do to be able to enter job search or other
WorkFirst activities and then find a job (see WAC 388-310-0500
and 388-310-0700).
(b) If you enter the pregnancy to employment pathway
(described in WAC 388-310-1450(3)), you
must take part in an assessment.
(3) What happens if I do not follow my WorkFirst
requirements?
If you do not participate in creating an individual
responsibility plan, job search, or in the activities listed
in your individual responsibility plan, and you do not have a
good reason, the department will follow the sanction rules in
WAC 388-310-1600.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.08.090. 08-07-046, § 388-310-0400, filed 3/14/08, effective 5/1/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057,
74.08.090. 06-08-044, § 388-310-0400, filed 3/30/06,
effective 6/1/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08A.010(4),74.08A.340
, 74.08.090, 74.04.050. 02-15-067, § 388-310-0400,
filed 7/11/02, effective 8/1/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.04.050. 00-06-062, § 388-310-0400, filed
3/1/00, effective 3/1/00; 99-10-027, § 388-310-0400, filed
4/28/99, effective 5/29/99; 98-23-037, § 388-310-0400, filed
11/10/98, effective 12/11/98; 97-20-129, § 388-310-0400, filed
10/1/97, effective 11/1/97.]