Effective Date - January 1, 2009

718                 Work Program Action Center Referral

POWER - P.L. 104-193, as amended; W.S. 42-2-103

A.    Refer the mandatory job seeker to the work program action center using the appointment form (DFS 501) at each application or reapplication and when her/his work exemption status changes to mandatory.

B.    Complete the appointment form for the work program action center contact, in person or by phone, within the following time frames:

1.    Contact must be completed by Wednesday of the same week if application is made on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday; or

2.    Contact must be completed by Wednesday of the following week if application is made on Thursday or Friday of the prior week.

C.   Realize the CM will notify the DFS-FO immediately, but not later than the 15th by 5 p.m., or the first working day after the 14th when the 14th is a holiday or on the weekend, when the mandatory job seeker fails to comply with the Pay-After-Performance requirements.

D. Authorize the $1 nonpayment status for the appropriate performance period(s) when the job seeker fails to comply using the "XW" unearned income code on UNIN.