• TEA 5150 has been revised to allow more than one Job Retention payment during the twelve- month period following case closure if eligibility requirements are met. Additional information has been incorporated in this section to provide the Case Manager with some guidelines to use when considering the authorization of job retention payments.

• The sentence referring to Area Assistant Directors approving job retention payments over $1000 has been deleted. The County Administrator approves payments in excess of $200.

• The reference to the manual checking account has been deleted. Job Retention payments are authorized through the WISE system.

Inquiries to:  Lorie Williams, TEA Policy Unit, 682-8256

 Ron Johnson, TEA Policy Unit, 682-8182

 Renee Green, TEA Policy Unit, 682-8266

 Gerry Reed, TEA Policy Unit, 682-8253