1003-1          PERFORMANCE MEASURES

1003-1 A.      WORK SERVICES PERFORMANCE MEASURES CATEGORIES

• Obtain Employment within 90 days;
• Cases that Close with Earnings;
• Cases that don't return;
• All Family (Overall) Participation;
• Two-Parent Participation; and,
• Job Development.

1003-1 B.      PERFORMANCE RATE CALCULATION

Performance rates are calculated by dividing the number of clients that have met each measure's participation requirement (met = numerator) by the total number of clients required to participate (possible = denominator) in that measure.

1003-1 C.      PERFORMANCE MEASURES DEFINITIONS

1. Obtain employment within 90 days

Met: Number of adults who became employed within 90 days of their application date.

Possible: Number of adults who were unemployed when they applied for Temporary Assistance. 

2. Cases that close with earnings

Met: Cases that include an adult that closed with earnings equal to 30 hours per week at Alaska minimum wage in their last benefit month and cases that close with SSISupplemental Security Income or SSDISocial Security Disability Insurance in their last benefit month. 

Possible: Cases that include an adult that closed.

3. Cases that don't return

Met: Number of cases that closed with earnings or SSISupplemental Security Income / SSDISocial Security Disability Insurance six months ago and have not returned to the caseload in the past six months.

Possible: Number of cases that closed with earnings six months ago.

4. All Families Participation (Federal Rate)

Met: All possible that met the All Families' participation minimum work requirements.

Possible: All families that received Temporary Assistance in the month except:

• Child only cases;
• Single parent families with a child under 1 year old exemption who are not meeting the minimum participation requirements ("BA Exemption");
• Families penalized in the month, but not more than 3 months in the last 12 months who are not meeting the minimum participation requirements;
• Families where all the parents are providing care for disabled family members; 
• Single parent families where the parent is an ineligible alien; and,
• Single parent families in refused cash status (other than job start participants).

Please refer to WSPMWork Services Procedure Manual MSManual Section 1003-1D for additional guidance on single and two-parent work participation rate requirements.  

5. Two-Parent Participation (Federal Rate)

Met: All possible families that meet the two-parent families minimum work requirements.

Possible: All two-parent families that received Temporary Assistance in the month except:

• Two-parent families where one adult is documented as unable to participate due to a health condition ("IC" cases);
• Two-parent families penalized in the month, but not more than 3 months in the last 12 months who are not meeting the minimum participation requirements;
• Two-parent families where both parents are ineligible aliens;
• Two-parent families in refused cash status (other than job start participants); or,
• Two-parent families where one adult is providing care for a disabled family member.

Please refer to WSPMWork Services Procedure Manual MSManual Section 1003-1D for additional guidance on single and two-parent work participation rate requirements. 

6. Job Development

Met: Number of clients participating in 20 hours a week or more of job development activities (Job Start, OJTOn-the-Job Training, CWECommunity Work Experience, or BWEBusiness Work Experience).

Possible: Number of clients who are not working, not exempt, and not otherwise meeting the rate in other activities except families penalized in the month, but not more than 3 months in the last 12 months who are not meeting the minimum participation requirements.

1003-1 D.      MEETING THE RATE

The Federal Administration for Children and Families (ACFAdministration for Children and Families) has set standards for the All Family and Two-Parent participation rates:

• The All Families (Overall) participation rate target set for all states by ACFAdministration for Children and Families is 50%.
• The Two-Parent participation rate target set for all states by ACFAdministration for Children and Families is 90%.

In order for an adult included family to meet the All Families (Overall) participation minimum requirements, the adult in the family must participate in work activities for an average of 30 hours per week, of which at least 20 hours must be in core federally countable activities. Families in the following situations are considered meeting the minimum requirements even though they may not be participating at an average of 30 hours per week:

1. A single parent, or caretaker relative, with a child under 6 years old that is engaged in core work activities for an average of 20 hours per week.
2. Any parent under 20 years old that maintains satisfactory attendance at a secondary school or the equivalent during the month (Activity Code E5, HS).

A two-parent family meets the two-parent participation minimum requirements when one parent's participation, or the combined total of both parents' participation is an average of 35 hours per week in the federal countable activities.  At least 30 of the 35 weekly hours must be in core activities.

If a two-parent family receives PASS I Child Care Assistance, the combined total of both parents' participation in countable work activities increases to an average of 55 hours per week, at least 50 of which must be in core work activities.

Two-Parent families in the following situations are considered meeting the minimum requirements even though they may not be participating at an average of 35 hours per week.

1. Any adult under 20 years old that maintains satisfactory attendance at a secondary school or the equivalent during the month (Activity Codes E5, HS).
2. If both parents are under 20 and they receive childcare, they both must maintain satisfactory attendance at a secondary school or equivalent (Activity Codes E5, HS).
3. If either parent is under 20 and graduates high school, they must participate in work activities.