| Time Frames |
Required Action |
| 1st of the month |
- Pull FSET enrollees detail report for expiring employment plans or schedule employment plan review appointments.
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| 5th of the month |
- Update the “Work Requirement Met” field indicating the prior month’s participation.
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| 6th of the month |
- Begin disenrolling individuals who are no longer eligible for FoodShare as of the end of the prior month.
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| No later than the 2nd Saturday of the month |
- Update the “Anticipated to Meet Work Requirement” field.
- CARES Worker Web (CWW) pulls information from the “Work Requirement Met” field and uses it to update the FoodShare clock.
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| Adverse Action |
- CWW pulls information from the “Anticipated to Meet Work Requirement” field and uses it to update the FoodShare clock.
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| 5 Business Days |
- An FSET participant must be contacted by telephone within five business days of the FSET agency receiving a referral.
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| 10 Business Days |
- FSET initial appointments must be scheduled to occur within 10 business days from the date the referral is received (or effective date of FoodShare eligibility if the referral is sent early).
- Initial employment plan must be developed at initial appointments.
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| 12 Calendar Days |
- Workers will be able to preview an appointment letter when the appointment is scheduled within 12 calendar days of the actual appointment. CWW will generate and send the letter overnight upon scheduling.
- If an appointment is scheduled for a date 13 days or more in advance of the actual appointment, workers will be unable to preview the letter. CWW will generate and the appointment letter 12 days before the appointment date.
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| 2 Months |
- Non-ABAWDs and ABAWDs with non-time limited benefits (TLB) referrals may be disenrolled from FSET if they have not participated in FSET for two months without agency contact.
- FSET workers have up to two calendar months from the FoodShare eligibility end date to override a disenrollment.
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| 90 Calendar Days |
- FSET participants may receive up to 90 days of job retention services after securing employment through FSET. Participants must be offered the opportunity to participate in job retention for up to the full 90 days.
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| 3 Months |
- The longest duration of an ABAWD with a TLB referral’s employment plan (90 days). ABAWD with a TLB referral's employment plans must be reviewed every three months, at minimum.
- The number of TLB months an ABAWD may receive without meeting the FoodShare work requirement.
- The number of additional months an ABAWD may earn after exhausting their three TLBs (if criteria is met to qualify for additional months).
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| 180 Days |
- The longest duration of an FSET participant’s employment plan. Non-ABAWDs and ABAWDs with a non-TLB referral must have employment plans reviewed every six months, at minimum.
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| 3 Years |
- The duration of the statewide, fixed three-year clock for ABAWDs subject to the time limit of the FoodShare work requirement.
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