1. (a) To be certified and to remain eligible for temporary cash assistance benefits, applicants and recipients must comply with employment services requirements unless they are exempt as specified in DHS' rules located at §§3.301 of this title (relating to Responsibilities of Clients and the Texas Department of Human Services), 3.7301 of this title (relating to Career Opportunity Orientation Requirements), 3.7302 of this title (relating to Exceptions to the Career Opportunity Orientation Appointments), 3.1101 of this title (relating to Who Is Required To Participate), and 3.3907 of this title (relating to Employment Services) or have good cause as stipulated in §811.13 of this title (relating to Good Cause).

2. (b) Compliance with employment services requirements includes each of the following:

   1. (1) Applicants of temporary cash assistance must attend a scheduled workforce orientation.
   2. (2) Recipients of temporary cash assistance must participate in assessment and employment planning appointments and assigned employment and training activities for the required number of hours per week as stipulated in 42 USCA §607 or as designated in an individual employability plan. Compliance shall be based on the assigned number of hours designated in the employability plan, even if greater than the federal minimum expectation.
   3. (3) Recipients must attend scheduled appointments.
   4. (4) Recipients must participate in or receive ancillary services required to remove barriers to employment or participation in employment-related activities. These services include, but are not limited to, counseling, treatment, vocational or physical rehabilitation, and medical or health services.
   5. (5) Recipients must accept a job offer.

Source Note:The provisions of this §811.12 adopted to be effective April 15, 1998, 23 TexReg 3700.