Section 400.3607. Good cause reasons for noncompliance with employment and training requirements.

The following are good cause reasons for noncompliance with employment and training requirements that apply to applicants and recipients of the family independence program:

(a)   The applicant or recipient suffers from a temporary debilitating illness or injury or an immediate family member has a debilitating illness or injury and the applicant or recipient is needed in the home to care for the family member.

(b)   The applicant or employee lacks child care as defined in section 407(e)(2) of Public Law 104-193, 42 U.S.C. §607(e)(2).

(c)   Either employment or training commuting time is more than 2 hours  per day or is more than 3 hours per day when there are unique and compelling circumstances, such as a salary at least twice the applicable minimum wage or the job is the only available job placement within a 3 hour commute per day, not including the time necessary to transport a child to child care facilities.

(d)  Transportation is not available to the participant at a reasonable cost.

(e)   The employment or participation involves illegal activities.

(f)   The applicant or recipient is physically or mentally unfit to perform the job, as documented by medical evidence or by reliable information from other sources.

(g)   The applicant or recipient is illegally discriminated against on the basis of age, race, disability, gender, color, national origin, or religious beliefs.

(h)   Credible information or evidence establishes 1 or more unplanned or unexpected events or factors that reasonably could be expected to prevent, or significantly interfere with, the individual's compliance with employment and training requirements.

(i)   The applicant or recipient quit employment to obtain comparable employment.

History: 1997 AACS; 2014 AACS.