Policy                                                                           Issuance Number: TEA 07-02

Transitional Employment Assistance Manual            Issuance Date: 07/01/07

From: Cindy Varner                                             Expiration Date: Until Superseded

          Assistant Director of Employment Assistance

Subj:  Arkansas Work Pays Revisions

Pages to be Deleted                      Date                    Pages to be Added      Date

TEA 10000 – 10800                  07/01/06                   TEA 10000 – 10900            07/01/07   

                                                                                         (pages 222-236) 

Appendix F                                 04/01/07                    Appendix B (page 237)       07/01/07

Summary of Changes

Effective July 1, 2007, revisions to the Work Pays policy and procedures are being made to comply with Arkansas Act 514 of 2007. 

TEA Policy 10000 -10800 Arkansas Work Pays has been removed and replaced with TEA Policy 10000 -10900 Arkansas Work Pays.  Throughout this section of policy the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) has been changed from 100% to 150%.  

TEA Policy 10800 has been revised to include an individual who leaves the Work Pays Program due to insufficient work hours may re-enter the program once they establish that they are in a paid work activity with a minimum of twenty-four (24) hours per week and met the federal work participation requirement for the past month. 

TEA Policy 10900 has been added to address Work Pay’s Overpayments.   

Page numbers have been added to all pages of the policy.   

Appendix F has been removed and replaced with Appendix B.  Appendix B implements the  change in the FPL from 100% to 150%.                              

Any Work Pays application pending approval on or after July 1, 2007 must meet initial eligibility based on utilizing the 150% of the FPL. 

Inquiries to:  Donna Roshell, TEA Unit, 683-1355, donna.roshell@arkansas.gov

                        Derwin Taylor, TEA Unit, 683-1353, derwin.taylor@arkansas.gov

                        Paula Gentry ,    TEA Unit, 682-8182,  paula.gentry@arkansas.gov    

                        [contact for eligibility issues only]