Section 75-02-01.2-90 - Job opportunities and basic skills program - Supportive services and post temporary assistance for needy families supportive services1. Within the limits described in this section, supportive services may be made available to a participant who, but for supportive service, would be unable to enter into or remain in an allowable work activity. No supportive service may be provided without approval from the employment contractor or eligibility worker.2. Post temporary assistance for needy families supportive services may be provided to assist employed former temporary assistance for needy families recipients to succeed in the workforce and avoid the need to receive further temporary assistance for needy families benefits.3. Supportive services may include:a. Relocation assistance provided to a job opportunities and basic skills participant if: (1) The individual has a bona fide offer of employment, verified by the employment contractor, which will increase the individual's potential for increased earnings, job advancement, or permanent employment; or(2) The individual requests and receives approval from the employment contractor to move from an area of the state with few employment opportunities to another area of the state with greater employment opportunities, or to an area out of state with greater employment opportunities.b. Monthly transportation assistance provided to participants in an approved work activity, if necessary for continued participation.c. Child care expense reimbursement in amounts consistent with the provisions of the state child care and development fund plan submitted under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 [42 U.S.C. 9858] .d. Assistance in the purchase of care for an incapacitated or disabled adult member of the participant's household, to whom the participant owes a legal duty to provide care, provided: (1) There is no other individual in the household who can provide the care; and(2) The incapacitated or disabled adult household member cannot provide self-care.e. Assistance in the purchase of employment-related clothing or personal needs determined by the employment contractor to be reasonable and necessary for the participant to enter employment.f. Assistance in the purchase of tools or equipment determined by the employment contractor to be required for the participant to accept employment.g. Assistance in the cost of repairs determined by the employment contractor to be reasonable and necessary to return a participant's vehicle to operable condition, provided: (1) The vehicle is registered to a member of the household;(2) The vehicle is needed by the participant to get to work or another approved work activity; and(3) The general condition and value of the vehicle justifies repairs.h. Assistance for defraying the cost of books, tuition, and fees associated with an allowable work activity, provided: (1) Other educational fund sources have been explored and are exhausted; and(2) The participant is a member of a household and eligible for assistance at the time funds are paid or obligated.i. Assistance with payment for professional license fees and professional examination fees, if there is no other available source of funding, including fee waivers, and the professional license or examination is necessary to achieve an employment-related goal.j. Assistance with expenses determined by the employment contractor to be reasonable and necessary for the individual to engage in employment or participate in employment interviews, including transportation, lodging, grooming, and clothing.4. The maximum expenditures permitted for supportive services and transitional supportive services are limited to amounts and availability as the department may by order determine.N.D. Admin Code 75-02-01.2-90
Effective December 9, 1996; amended effective July 1, 1997; January 1,2003; January 1, 2009; January 1, 2011.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2024-392, April 2024, effective 4/1/2024.General Authority: NDCC 50-09-02, 50-09-25
Law Implemented: NDCC 50-09-02