1. (a) The department shall operate an assistance program for employment and training support (ETS) services pursuant to RSA 167:7, V and RSA 167:86 to provide payments to remove obstacles to employment.

2. (b) ETS services shall include, but not be limited to:

   1. (1) Fees and supplies that include:

      1. a. Child care registration fees;
      2. b. Education and training fees;
      3. c. Books and supplies;
      4. d. Uniforms; and
      5. e. Tools of the trade;
   2. (2) Automobile repairs including inspection fees;
   3. (3) Transportation assistance;
   4. (4) Automobile insurance and registration fees;
   5. (5) Driver’s license fees or replacement fees;
   6. (6) Tuition assistance for post-secondary education or vocational training;
   7. (7) Work clothing expenses, not including uniforms, needed for job interviews or to begin employment;
   8. (8) Personal care items or services including but not limited to haircuts, deodorant, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrush, and razors; and
   9. (9) Adult cosmetic dental care for services not covered by medicaid.

3. (c) Recipients of financial assistance to needy families who are participating in the New Hampshire employment program (NHEP) work activities pursuant to He-W 637, shall be authorized to receive payments as funding allows for resolution of employment-related obstacles which are essential and directly related to the NHEP participant obtaining or keeping employment, or to resolve employment-related obstacles in direct relationship to the NHEP participant’s ability to participate or remain in an approved NHEP activity, as specified on the employability plan (EP), when:

   1. (1) The NHEP representative as defined in He-W 637.01 and the NHEP participant have agreed upon an educational or vocational goal;
   2. (2) The NHEP participant has participated in an assessment interview(s) and has developed an EP that has been approved by the NHEP representative;

   3. (3) Removal of the employment obstacle has been:

      1. a. Documented as necessary by the NHEP participant’s employer or potential employer; or
      2. b. Determined as necessary by the NHEP representative after assessing the NHEP participant’s need to resolve employment-related barriers in direct relationship to the NHEP participant’s ability to participate or remain in an approved NHEP activity as specified on the EP, pursuant to He-W 637.12;
   4. (4) ETS services are necessary to remedy the existing sanction for NHEP participants who are currently under sanction pursuant to He-W 637.08;

   5. (5) The NHEP participant is enrolled in an approved activity and is:

      1. a. Complying with the EP or making a good faith effort to participate;
      2. b. Meeting the requirements pursuant to He-W 637.03; and
      3. c. Complying with NHEP program requirements in order to remove a sanction; and
   6. (6) ETS services shall be restored retroactively to the pre-sanction level if the department applies a sanction and later grants good cause to remove the sanction for the sanctionable act.

Source. #14299, eff 7-1-25, EXPIRES: 7-1-35 (formerly He-W 655.05)