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ESC- ESC should be a permanent member of our team. Given that the current ESC member of our JOBS team has more work than can be accomplished, it is important to pursue the addition of another ESC representative, Job Development- Since this proposal is focused on the location of jobs for the population we serve, we will be designating one of our JOBS staff for this purpose. This coupled with the additional representative from ESC, should provide the resources we need. In addition, several of our proposals, such as grant diversion, provide an incentive for job creation. It is also important that both public and private employers be allowed to participate to assure the necessary resources are available. Waivers needed: 1. AFDC and FS recipients, not JOBS eligible, between the ages of 18 and 64, with the youngest child one year of age or older, with under 30 hours of work per week, will be required to participate. 2. Extending the application of 30 and l/3rd income disregard to up to two years, in situations where unsubsidized employment is obtained and held uninterrupted during the two year period, and the case stays otherwise eligible to receive benefits. 3. Failure to cooperate with program provisions will result in progressive sanctions, beginning with a time period equal to the time taken to demonstrate cooperation. The second failure to cooperate will result in program suspension of four months. The third and subsequent sanctions will be for periods of eight months. Benefits lost during periods of sanction will be full AFDC and FS benefits for the family, and medical coverage for the family adult members, if such adults are not pregnant. APter the first sanction, further non- compliance will result in the loss of incentives. 4. Grant diversion, consisting of AFDC benefits to the family, and or the cash value of Food Stamps, will be allowed to public, private not for profit, and private employers. 5. JOBS sanctions for non compliance would reflect sanctions under the Workfare program. 6. Workfare slots would be extended into the private sector, primarily in human services. 7. Children in sanctioned Workfare or JOBS cases would automatically quality for MIC by administrative action. 8. Mandated JOBS participants would be required to pursue and accept employment, subsidized or unsubsidized, prior to the planning for and implementation of a JOBS plan. 9. Job search activity for potential JOBS participants, can be used until full JOBS services can be made available, or the client has gained unsubsidized employment. No assessment will be required until full JOBS services are made available, but search activity would be counted as a work activity. 10. Job search training is required as a condition of eligibility for all clients eligible for JOBS or Workfare. 1 l.The 30 and l/3rd income exemption will apply to FS cases that are also AFDC eligible or would be if they applied, in determining FS benefits. 12. Cash out ofFS benefits in cases eligible for workfare be allowed in order to effect grant diversion.