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45 C.F.R. § 261.60   What methods may a State use to report a work-eligible individual's hours of participation?

Title 45: Public Welfare
PART 261—ENSURING THAT RECIPIENTS WORK
Subpart F—How Do We Ensure the Accuracy of Work Participation Information?

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§ 261.60   What methods may a State use to report a work-eligible individual's hours of participation?

(a) A State must report the actual hours that an individual participates in an activity, subject to the qualifications in paragraphs (b) and (c) and §261.61(c). It is not sufficient to report the hours an individual is scheduled to participate in an activity.

(b) For the purposes of calculating the work participation rates, actual hours may include the hours for which an individual was paid, including paid holidays and sick leave. For participation in unpaid work activities, it may also include excused absences for hours missed due to holidays and a maximum of an additional 10 days of excused absences in any 12-month period, no more than two of which may occur in a month. In order to count an excused absence as actual hours of participation, the individual must have been scheduled to participate in an allowable work activity for the period of the absence that the State reports as participation. A State must describe its excused absence policies and definitions as part of its Work Verification Plan, specified at §261.62.

(c) A State may not count more hours toward the participation rate for a self-employed individual than the number derived by dividing the individual's self-employment income (gross income less business expenses) by the Federal minimum wage. A State may propose an alternative method of determining self-employment hours as part of its Work Verification Plan.