Chapter 13-Employment And Training

Question 1

What are the components of the employment and training program?

Answer 1

There are three components of the county of San Diego’s employment and training program.
They include supervise job,
search work,
Workfare
and education and work experience apprenticeship

Question 2

What is a supervise job search?

Answer 2

Participant is required to submit 20 employment applications in person or online

Question 3

What is the workfare program?

Answer 3

The recipient will have to complete the hours assigned by the social worker to meet his work fair program requirement. The required hours are determined by dividing the CalFresh allotment amount by the state minimum wage, or federal minimum wage whichever is higher.

Question 4

Are there exemptions to being required to participate in the employment and training program?

Answer 4

Yes, there are exemptions
younger than 16 of age or older than 60
people between 16 or 17 who are not the head of household or who are attending school or enrolled in employment training program at least half time
mentally or physically unfit for employment
registered in a CalWorks employment service program
a parent or other household member caring for a child under six or a disabled person
receiving or applying for UIB
A regular participant in a drug addiction or alcohol treatment rehabilitation program,
employed or self-employed individual with work hours of 30 hours or wages total in the federal minimum wage multiplied by 30
a student who is enrolled, at least halftime in a recognize school training program or institution of higher learning, and has met the student exemption of eligibility conditions

Question 5

Can a calfresh recipient choose to volunteer for the employment and training program?

Answer 5

Yes, they may volunteer as long as they’re able to complete the assignments

Question 6

What needs to be done if a person is exempt from the employment and training criteria?

Answer 6

Case comments must be clear and need to be entered in CalWIN about the status of participation and why customer is exempt if here she meets one of the exemption criteria

Question 7

Who are required to participate in the employment and training?

Answer 7

General relief / calfresh recipients are required to participate in the E&T program

If a calfresh only recipient, they may volunteer to participate and they’ll be referred to the E&T social worker for assessment interview

Question 8

What will the participant receive from the E&T program?

Answer 8

The participants
will gain work experience and
improve their job skills which could lead to permanent employment

Question 9

What if the employment and training participant does not have access to transportation to fulfill their obligation?

Answer 9

They will be eligible for a transportation allowance allowance monthly transportation passes will be issued by the GR worker for GR recipients while the CFET social worker will continue to issue transportation for CFET volunteers

Question 10

What are benefits of the employment and training program?

Answer 10

Work experience,
improving job skills
Transportation

Question 11

What are employment and training procedures when referring a participant to theE&T social worker?

Answer 11

The HSS will explain the purpose in general requirements to the participant
The HSS will schedule customer for assessment interview
Will submit form 22-11, which is a notice of assessment interview to the E & T social worker

Question 12

When does the assessment interview need to take?

Answer 12

It must be no more than seven calendar days from the intake interview, or after the case is granted

Question 13

What does form 22–11 include regarding E&T?

Answer 13

It includes the customers information,
date and time of the orientation and
two copies are printed one for the customer and one for CERMS

Question 14

What are the HSS responsibility when working with E & T recipients?

Answer 14

For calfresh, they are responsible for registering all non-exempt calfresh recipients for the E & T program
They refer E &T registrants who voluntarily choose to participate in the E&T social worker

For the general relief/calfresh recipient HSS is responsible for registering and referring the target population to the E & T social worker

Question 15

When does HSS identify and work register all nonexempt calfresh?

Answer 15

At Intake
at recertification, and
when changes occur in the composition of the calfresh household

Question 16

Who are deferred from participating in the employment and training program?

Answer 16

Veterans who are honorably discharged from the US Armed Forces and
participates in a substitute program. An example would be refugees enrolled in one of the result resettlements agencies (RA)program.

Question 17

What happens if a person fails to comply with the employment and training program?

Answer 17

If it’s for calfresh, only, their participation is voluntary, and there will be no sanctions if they do not comply
For Cal Works cases, if customer fails to comply with employment services, they’ll be sanction for calfresh as well unless they meet an exemption. They will be removed from the employment and training program and will no longer be eligible for transportation allowance. If they made a calfresh exemption they will remain eligible for calfresh,

Question 18

When a participant starts a new job what are they required to report?

Answer 18

They are to report to the E & T social worker
The employers name
The type of job and position
Job start date
If it is full or part time
Wages
And if we know the hours also report

Question 19

Is it important for the HSS worker to check display employment services exemption window when working in CalWINs?

Answer 19

Yes, they must. The worker must check it and make sure it is correct and save those exemptions if they have exemptions them.

Question 20

What do you need to do if you are making changes in the CalWIN windows?

Answer 20

Always make sure to update the date in the windows so that the dates do not overlap and always remember to enter case comments about the registration status

Question 21

What needs to be done with a CFET regarding employment and training in the CalWin windows?

Answer 21

They ALWAYS need to be banked to the appropriate FRC bank