Following is an explanation of changes made in each section of the code sheet.

PROGRAM CODES

Removed:
N-P Non-Pact

Added:
WF Work First 
FDJP Food Stamp Direct Job Placement

Changed:
JET to MJET-Missouri JOBS
Employment & Training Program

WORK REQUIREMENT CODES (Previously: FUTURES INDICATOR)

Removed:
N  Mandatory, volunteering for immediate participation
W  Custodial Parent, volunteer, exempt custodial parent age 19 or younger volunteering to participate.
J  Non-FUTURES participant in an approved FUTURES activity applying for or receiving FUTURES child care-Mandatory
 K  Non-FUTURES participant in an approved FUTURES activity applying for or receiving FUTURES child care-Exempt
Changed:
T  Custodial Parent-mandatory: custodial parent age 16-19 not attending school and not having a high school diploma or GED
TO
Teen parent under age 18, mandatory 

EXEMPTIONS

Removed:
02  Parent or other relative of a child under age six and no guarantee of child care available
04  Child or head of household age 16-19 attending full-time, an elementary, secondary, vocational, or technical school
05  Temporarily impaired by illness or injury that would prevent active participation; must be verified
08  Lives in a remote area
09  Required in the home
10  Working 30 or more hours per week and earning the equivalent of the Federal minimum wage
11  Pregnant; expected date of delivery within six months; must be verified
12  Full-time VISTA volunteer

Changed:
01  Parent or other relative of a child under age 12 months
TO
Custodial caretaker of a child under 12 months of age.  NOTE:  Teen parents, under 18, are mandatory participants when youngest child is over 12 weeks
03  Child or head of household under age 16, including the month one turns 16
TO
Child under age 18, including the month one turns 18.  Child under 19 attending school and anticipated to graduate
06  Physically and/or mentally unable to work (JET per Food Stamp definition); must be verified.
TO
Permanently disabled
07  60 years or age or older
TO
Payee 60 years of age or older

COMPONENT ACTIVITY

Added:
01  Assessment and Self-Sufficiency Planning OR (Contracted Case Management Provider or WtW Referral)
21  Wage Supplementation
  21A 21st Century (Jackson County)
  21D Statewide

Changed:
06  Entrepreneurial Activities
TO
Direct Job Placement FDJP Program Code Only
19  Peer Support
TO
State Defined Work Activity

UNASSIGNED REASON

Removed:
W  FUTURES Program

Added:
Z  Called-In OR (Referred to Contracted Case Management Provider WtW)

TEMPORARILY EXCLUDED:
(Previously: REASON EXCLUDE FROM PARTICIPATION/ACTIVITY)

Changed:
3  Supportive Services
TO
Needed in Home to Care for Disabled Child or Disabled Parent/Adult Household Member
4  Medical
TO
Temporarily Disabled/Pregnant (Previously Medical)
5  Other
TO
Victim of Domestic Violence (Previously Other)

COMPONENT END REASON

Changed:
P  Component activity temporarily suspended
TO
DJP/Work First-Placed in Employment (Component 06, 07 & 15 only)
  
Added:
U  DJP/Work First-Not accepted by Employer (component 06, 07 & 15 only)

• Review this memorandum with appropriate staff.
• A card stock supply of the revised code sheet is being sent to county offices in a separate mailing.
• When card stock supply received, mark though CDJP under PROGRAM CODE and write WF by Work First.
• File the New Casemanagement Code Sheet in the Temporary Assistance Manual as Appendix K.  (Appendixes H, I, and J forthcoming)
• Additional copies of the code sheet may be obtained from the warehouse.
• Destroy obsolete FUTURES SYSTEM CODE SHEET.