PDFWAC 110-15-0040
Approved activities for applicants and consumers participating in WorkFirst.
(1) Applicants and consumers who participate in WorkFirst activities may be eligible for WCCC benefits for the following approved activities in their individual responsibility plans (IRPs), for up to a maximum of sixteen hours per day, including:
(a) An approved WorkFirst activity under WAC 388-310-0200, with the following exception: In-home/relative providers who are paid child care subsidies to care for children receiving WCCC benefits may not receive those benefits for their own children during the hours in which they provide subsidized child care. These consumers may be eligible for other approved activities in their IRPs;
(b) Employment as defined in WAC 110-15-0003;
(c) Self-employment as defined in WAC 110-15-0003 and as described in the consumer's current WorkFirst IRP;
(d) Travel time between the child care location and the consumer's place of employment or approved activity;
(e) Up to ten hours per week of study time for approved classes;
(f) Up to eight hours of sleep time before or after a night shift; and
(g) Any activity approved by tribal TANF.
(2) WorkFirst consumers participating in approved activities for at least one hundred ten hours per month as described in WAC 110-15-0190 are considered to have a schedule of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., except when:
(a) The consumer's IRP specifies a different schedule; or
(b) Verified differently by the consumer.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.216.055 and 43.216.065. WSR 21-09-030, § 110-15-0040, filed 4/12/21, effective 5/13/21. WSR 18-14-078, recodified as § 110-15-0040, filed 6/29/18, effective 7/1/18. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.215.060, 43.215.070, and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 16-09-059, § 170-290-0040, filed 4/15/16, effective 5/16/16; WSR 12-11-025, § 170-290-0040, filed 5/8/12, effective 6/8/12. Statutory Authority: Chapter 43.215 RCW, RCW 43.215.060, 43.215.070, 2011 1st sp.s. c 42, 2011 1st sp.s. c 50, and 2006 c 265 § 501. WSR 11-18-001, § 170-290-0040, filed 8/24/11, effective 9/24/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.215.060, 43.215.070, 2006 c 265, and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 09-22-043, § 170-290-0040, filed 10/28/09, effective 12/1/09. WSR 08-08-047, recodified as § 170-290-0040, filed 3/27/08, effective 3/27/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.12.340, 74.13.085, and 2003 1st sp.s. c 25. WSR 04-08-021 and 04-08-134, § 388-290-0040, filed 3/29/04 and 4/7/04, effective 5/28/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.13.085. WSR 02-12-069, § 388-290-0040, filed 5/31/02, effective 7/1/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050 and C.F.R. Parts 98 and 99 (Child Care Development Fund Rules). WSR 02-01-135, § 388-290-0040, filed 12/19/01, effective 1/19/02.]