1. (a) If a beneficiary fails to meet the required community engagement hours, the beneficiary shall satisfy the community engagement requirement by making up the deficit hours for the noncompliant month by doing one of the following:

   1. (1) Curing the deficit hours by engaging in the activities listed in He-W 837.05 above in the following month for only the number of deficit hours for the noncompliant month. For example:

      1. a. A beneficiary engaged in 60 hours of community engagement activities in January, resulting in a 40-hour deficit. The beneficiary worked 100 hours in February. The beneficiary’s noncompliance for January shall be cured, and the beneficiary shall be considered compliant with February; or
      2. b. A beneficiary engaged in 60 hours of community engagement activities in January, resulting in a 40-hour deficit. The beneficiary shall only need to complete 40 hours of community engagement activities in February to cure January’s deficit. The beneficiary worked 60 hours in February. The beneficiary shall be considered compliant for January, and shall be considered noncompliant for February with a 40-hour deficit;
   2. (2) Demonstrating good cause for the failure to meet the community engagement requirement as described in He-W 837.10; or
   3. (3) Providing documentation of an exemption pursuant to He-W 837.04.

2. (b) Within 10 days following the noncompliant month, the department shall provide written notice to the beneficiary of failure to meet the community engagement requirement to include:

   1. (1) How a beneficiary can cure the noncompliance as described in (a) above; and
   2. (2) Information regarding potential suspension pursuant to He-W 837.9 below.
3. (c) At no time shall a beneficiary be required to work more than 100 hours in a single month.

Source. #12733, INTERIM, eff 2-23-19, EXPIRES: 8-22-19; ss by #12796, eff 6-5-19 (formerly He-W 837.09)