441—93.112 (239B) Job search options. Employment is an emphasis of the FIA as described at rule 441—93.109(239B). PROMISE JOBS applicants and participants shall have several options to search for work: job club, individual job search, and self-directed job search. The applicant or participant and the PROMISE JOBS worker shall incorporate into the self-sufficiency plan the job search option which is appropriate for the previous work history, skill level, and life circumstances of the applicant or participant. Job search contacts shall be documented by PROMISE JOBS staff or by participants, as appropriate. Participant documentation shall be provided as described at 93.135(3). For job search planning and reporting purposes, each in-person job search contact documented by the participant shall be considered to require one hour of participation.
	 93.112(1) Job club. Job club consists of one week of job-seeking skills training and two weeks of group job search. It is expected that job clubs will be designed to require at least 20 hours a week of participation in each week. However, less than 20 hours a week may be scheduled based on local office need and resources. Participants who choose job club shall receive a child care allowance, if required, and an allowance as described at 93.110(6) to cover costs of transportation, if required. The transportation allowance shall be paid in full at the start of participation.
Job-seeking skills training includes, but is not limited to: self-esteem building, goal attainment planning, résumé development, grooming, letters of application and follow-up letters, job application completion, job-retention skills, motivational exercises, identifying and eliminating employment barriers, positive impressions and self-marketing, finding job leads, obtaining interviews, use of telephones, interviewing skills development and practice interviewing.
	  a.   	 All participants who choose the job club option shall receive one week of job-seeking skills training. Daily attendance during the one week of job-seeking skills training is necessary. Participants who miss any portion of the job-seeking skills training shall repeat the entire week of training.
	 (1) 	 Participants who must repeat the job-seeking skills training because of absence due to reasons as described at rule 441—93.133(239B) shall receive an additional transportation allowance as described at 93.110(6) and required child care payment shall be made.
	 (2) 	 Participants who must repeat job-seeking skills training for absence due to reasons other than those described at rule 441—93.133(239B) shall not receive an additional transportation allowance. Required child care payment shall be allowed.
	  b.   	 Participants shall then take part in a structured employment search activity for a period not to exceed two weeks. Scheduled activities and required hours of participation shall reflect proven job search techniques and the employment environment of the community of the local office and may be varied due to the resources available and the needs of the participants.
Participants who choose job club shall make up absences which occur during the two-week job search period. Additional transportation allowances shall not be paid to these persons. Required child care payments shall be allowed.
	  c.   	 Job club participants who obtain employment of 86 or more but less than 129 hours per month may discontinue job club if part-time employment was the FIA goal.
	  d.   	 Job club participants who, during participation, obtain part-time employment of less than 86 hours per month shall continue job club unless the scheduled job club hours conflict with the scheduled hours of employment. PROMISE JOBS participation shall be scheduled to occur during those hours where no conflict with work hours exists.
	  e.   	 Rescinded IAB 11/1/00, effective 1/1/01.
	  f.   	 Participants who do not complete the number of job searches required in the period of the job club have chosen the limited benefit plan. Policies at 441—93.132(239B), 441—93.133(239B) and 441—93.134(239B) and subrule 93.138(3) apply.
	 93.112(2) Individual job search. The individual job search component shall be available to applicants and participants for whom job club is not appropriate or not available, such as, but not limited to, applicants or participants who have completed training or have recent ties with the work force. The total period for each episode of individual job search shall not exceed 12 weeks or three calendar months.
	  a.   	 The applicant or participant shall, in consultation with PROMISE JOBS staff, design and provide a written plan of the individual job search activities. The plan shall contain a designated period of time, not to exceed four weeks or a calendar month, and the specific locations of the job search. It shall also contain, but not be limited to, information as specific as possible pertaining to, for example, areas of employment interest and employers to be contacted.
	  b.   	 Participants who choose individual job search shall receive a child care allowance, if required, and an allowance as described at 93.110(6) to cover costs of transportation, if required.
	 (1) 	 Payment for required child care shall be limited to 20 hours per week.
	 (2) 	 The transportation allowance shall be paid in full at the start of each designated time period of the individual job search. The anticipated days for job search shall be included in the written plan so as to provide the most effective use of transportation funds. Transportation allowances for any missed days of job search activity shall be subject to transportation overpayment policies as described at 93.110(8).
	  c.   	 Participants who do not complete the steps of the written plan of the individual job search have chosen the limited benefit plan. Policies at 441—93.132(239B), 441—93.133(239B) and 441—93.134(239B) and subrule 93.138(3) apply.
	 93.112(3) Self-directed job search. PROMISE JOBS applicants or participants who indicate during assessment I a desire to complete a short-term FIA or who have achieved an FIA interim goal which should lead to employment shall be provided the option of first engaging in self-directed job search activities before beginning other FIA options. This option does not apply to parents under the age of 20 who are required to participate in high school completion activities.
	  a.   	 The applicant or participant shall, in consultation with PROMISE JOBS staff, design and provide a written plan of job search activities. The plan shall contain a designated period of time, not to exceed four weeks or a calendar month, and the specific locations of the job search. It shall also contain, but not be limited to, information as specific as possible pertaining to, for example, areas of employment interest and employers to be contacted.
	  b.   	 The participant shall not be required to provide documentation of the job search activities.
	  c.   	 Transportation and child care allowances are not available for this job search option.