1. A. If a recipient fails or refuses to comply with JOBSTART participation requirements without good cause the Department shall decrease the CA grant using the progressive sanction process described in R6-12-316.

2. B. Good cause is limited to the following circumstances:

   1. 1. The participant has been referred to a job or employment which is the subject of a strike, lockout, work stoppage, or other bona fide labor dispute;
   2. 2. The job requires the participant to join a company union or to resign or refrain from joining a bona fide labor organization;
   3. 3. The participant was incarcerated or ordered to make a court appearance;
   4. 4. Severe weather conditions prevented the participant and other persons similarly situated from traveling to or participating in the employment activity;
   5. 5. The participant or the participant’s dependent child suffers a debilitating illness or incapacity; or

   6. 6. The participant has a family crisis, such as:

      1. a. Catastrophic loss of home to fire, flood, or other natural disaster; or
      2. b. Death of an immediate family member.
3. C. JOBS shall determine if good cause exists.
4. D. The Department shall apply the appropriate progressive sanction reduction against the monthly CA benefit amount the assistance unit is entitled to receive for the month the sanction is applied.
5. E. The progressive sanction benefit reduction shall continue for a minimum of 1 month and until the person complies with JOBS requirements or becomes exempt from JOBS participation.

Historical Note

Adopted effective November 9, 1995 (Supp. 95-4). Section R6-12-1306 renumbered to R6-12-1305; new Section renumbered from R6-12-1307 and amended effective July 31, 1997, under an exemption from the provisions of A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6 (Supp. 97-3).

Editor’s Note: The following Section was renumbered under an exemption from the provisions of A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6, pursuant to Laws 1997, Ch. 300, § 74 (A). Exemption from A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6 means the Department did not submit notice of proposed rulemaking to the Secretary of State for publication in the Arizona Administrative Register; the Department did not submit this change to the Governor’s Regulatory Review Council for review and approval; and the Department was not required to hold public hearings on this change.