- (a) The following are situations in which extended support services (ESS) employment bonus and/or transportation assistance will be authorized.
- (b) Note. A system edit will prevent more than one (1) employment bonus from being issued in any twelve-month period. Example 1: Ms. Manning reported that she found a job and requested her TEA case be closed. The participant’s statement that she is employed may be accepted without verification. Example 2: An anonymous telephone call is received in the local office reporting that Ms. Smith is working. A ten-day notice is sent to Ms. Smith requesting that she contact the local office concerning the report. Ms. Smith calls the local office and states that she is working and no longer wants TEA benefits. Ms. Smith’s case will be closed, and the ESS transportation bonus will be authorized. Example 3: Ms. Davis reported that she was employed. Based on her earnings, she was no longer eligible for TEA cash assistance. The TEA case was closed, and the ESS employment transportation bonus was authorized. Example 4: Ms. Long is in her twelfth month of TEA cash assistance. After her ten-month case staffing, it was determined that her time limit will not be extended. Ms. Long is working, but her earnings are not enough to cause ineligibility. Because she has earnings when her TEA case is closed, she is eligible for the ESS employment bonus and transportation assistance.
- (c) In the following example, an ESS employment bonus and transportation assistance will not be authorized. Example: A telephone call was received in the local office reporting that Mr. Jones was employed. A ten-day notice was sent to Mr. Jones to contact the local office concerning the report. Mr. Jones did not contact the local office. The TEA case was closed for failure to respond to the notice. Even though this was a report of employment, the ESS employment bonus and transportation assistance will not be authorized because Mr. Jones did not confirm that he was employed.