Potential Employment provisions do not apply to persons exempt from employment service TANF or food assistance requirements with the exception of food assistance persons exempt per 3230 (1) (Employed).
Ineligibility shall not result when a person who has failed potential employment requirements has resumed employment prior to the establishment of ineligibility and the employment is equivalent to at least 30 hours a week at the federal minimum wage.
This provision shall not apply to a person age 19 or younger (including the month in which the person turns age 20) when the person is pregnant or a parent of a child in the home and the person does not possess a high school diploma or its equivalent. This provision is not applicable to this group of persons because the agency's emphasis with them is upon attainment of a high school level of education. Potential employment is also not applicable to a person who is actively working with a Job Corps recruiter.
3540.1 Special Provisions for Simplified Reporting Households - In some situations, the agency learns that a food assistance individual quit a job (without good cause) that was not reported or required to be reported due to the 130% threshold. If the job quit did not take place in the month it is discovered or the prior month, a potential employment penalty cannot be applied. This includes job quits identified at the time of IR or review processing.