1. (a) Boards shall ensure that E&T activities for ABAWDs are limited to participating in the following:

   1. (1) Trade Act of 1974, as amended by the Trade Act of 2002, services or activities;
   2. (2) Workforce Investment Act activities (29 U.S.C. 2801, et seq.);

   3. (3) education and training, which may include:

      1. (A) vocational training as described in §813.31(a)(2) of this subchapter, or
      2. (B) non-vocational education as described in §813.31(a)(3) of this subchapter; and

   4. (4) workfare activities that shall:

      1. (A) be designed to improve the employability of ABAWDs through actual employment experience or training, or both;
      2. (B) be unpaid job assignments based in the public or private nonprofit sectors;
      3. (C) have hourly requirements based on the ABAWD's monthly household food stamp allotment divided by the number of ABAWDs in the food stamp household, as provided by the Department of Human Services and then divided by the federal minimum wage; and
      4. (D) include a four-week job search period prior to placement.
2. (b) ABAWDs who are referred to a Workforce Center as a mandatory work registrant and subsequently become engaged in unsubsidized employment for at least 20 hours per week are exempt from E&T services, as described in 7 CFR §273.24, and must be referred to the Department of Human Services.

Source Note:The provisions of this §813.32 adopted to be effective September 3, 2001, 26 TexReg 6731; amended to be effective February 26, 2003, 28 TexReg 1657.