441—93.115 (239B) Unpaid community service. Unpaid community service shall provide participants with opportunities to establish or reestablish contact with the work force in a nonthreatening environment while providing services which are of direct benefit to the community.
	 93.115(1) Unpaid community service work sites. Unpaid community service work sites shall be public or private nonprofit organizations.
	  a.   	 When an applicant or participant and the PROMISE JOBS worker agree that an unpaid community service placement is appropriate, the participant is responsible for locating and making arrangements with the work site.
	  b.   	 The PROMISE JOBS provider agencies shall develop local listings of potential unpaid community service work sites which participants can use when selecting a work site.
	  c.   	 Work site organizations which provide unpaid community service work sites shall receive a written explanation of the following placement criteria. The placement shall:
	 (1) 	 Not be related to political, electoral or partisan activities.
	 (2) 	 Not be developed in response to or in any way associated with the existence of a strike, lockout or other bona fide labor dispute.
	 (3) 	 Not violate any existing labor agreement between employees and employer.
	 (4) 	 Comply with applicable state and federal health and safety standards.
	 (5) 	 Not be used by work site organizations to displace current employees or to infringe on their promotional opportunities, shall not be used in place of hiring staff for established vacant positions, and shall not result in placement of a participant in a position when any other person is on layoff from the same or an equivalent position in the same unit.
	 93.115(2) Appropriate use of unpaid community service. The unpaid community service component is expected to be used by participants for whom more intensive efforts toward self-sufficiency are not appropriate at the moment. Participants may combine this activity with another such as, but not limited to, GED or other high school completion, ESL, FaDSS or other family development services, and parenting skills training. It is expected that the unpaid community service work site will be less demanding than work experience placements and specific skills-training tasks are not required.
	 93.115(3) Participation requirements.
	  a.   	 Formal interviews are not required to establish the relationship between the participant and the work site organization.
	  b.   	 The length of the work site assignment and the weekly hours of participation will be determined through agreement among the work site organization, the participant, and the PROMISE JOBS worker.
	  c.   	 The director (or designee) of the work site organization shall be asked to verify the monthly hours of participation using Form 470-3097, Unpaid Community Service Monthly Report, provided by the PROMISE JOBS provider agencies.
	 93.115(4) Allowances for unpaid community service placement. Unpaid community service work sites may offer on-site child care and other participant-friendly services. A child care allowance and a transportation allowance for each month of participation or part thereof, as described at subrule 93.110(6), shall be paid if these services are not provided by the work site organization and are required for participation.