Section 17-656.2-16 - Program eligibility requirements(a) A TANF recipient who wishes to participate in the Grant + program shall sign an agreement with the department that specifies the participation requirements. (1) The agreement shall be entered into at the time the department initially refers the participant to the employer.(2) Failure of the participant to comply with the agreement without good cause shall be a reason for the employer to terminate participation in the program.(b) An employer who wishes to participate in the Grant + program shall complete a memorandum of agreement with the department. (1) The memorandum of agreement shall be current and shall be signed by personnel authorized to sign on behalf of their respective parties.(2) The requirements of the department, the participant, and the employer shall be set forth.(3) Failure of the department to comply with the memorandum of agreement shall be good cause for the employer to terminate participation in the program.(4) Failure of the employer to comply with the memorandum of agreement shall be good cause for the department to refuse payment and terminate participation with the employer.(c) The employer shall select participants to be employed.(d) A participant shall not participate for more than twelve months unless the department determines the participant is eligible for an extension not to exceed six months as follows: (1) The participant will qualify for a job opening with the same employer within the next six months;(2) The participant has a firm job offer from an employer that will be available in the next six months; or(3) The prescribed training for the participant's position exceeds twelve months but can be completed in eighteen months.(e) The participant shall be sanctioned for failure to participate without good cause, pursuant to chapter 17-794.1.(f) The participant shall remain eligible throughout the designated period of employment unless: (1) The household no longer meets the categorical requirements of subchapter 1;(2) The assistance unit's total resources exceed the personal reserve standard; or(3) The participant is no longer a WEI or an OWE I.(g) Participation in Grant + shall end effective the first of the month following the month the participant is determined ineligible.(h) Earnings shall be budgeted prospectively for two months beginning the month following the month that participation in Grant + ends.(i) Overpayments resulting from the participant's ineligibility for the Grant + program shall be recovered from the participant.(j) Each month of participation in Grant + is exempt from the time limits defined in section 17-656.1-3 and shall not be counted toward the assistance unit's sixty months of TANF benefits.(k) The participant's household shall be subject to the reporting requirements as specified in chapter 17-650 and shall be subject to the annual eligibility redetermination as specified in chapter 17-648.Haw. Code R. § 17-656.2-16
[Eff 10/18/01, am and comp 1/2 0/05; am 1/17/08; am and comp 6/26/09] (Auth: HRS § 346-14) (Imp: HRS §§ 346-14, 346-29; 45 C.F.R. §§260.20, 260.31 )