Always Core

Always Non-Core

Employment (including self-employment and subsidized employment)

Work Experience Programs

On-the-Job Training

Unpaid Community Service

Providing Child Care Services to an Individual Who Is Participating in a Community Service Program (Iowa does not offer)

Satisfactory Attendance Secondary School - Under 20 yrs old*

• GED
• High School Attendance

* As long as a person under the age of 20 has satisfactory attendance in high school or a GED program they are "deemed" as meeting their work participation rate no matter the number of hours attended.

Job Skills Training Directly Related to Employment

• Basic Skills (ABE)
• English as a Second Language

Education Directly Related to Employment - Age 20 and older

• GED
• High School Attendance

 Sometimes Core 

Job Search/Job Readiness

• Assessment
• Job Seeking Skills
• Individual Job Search
• Workplace Essentials
• Mental Health Treatment
• Substance Abuse Treatment
• Other Rehabilitation

Vocational Education

• Post Secondary Education
• Short Term Training

Ø     Job Search/Job Readiness federal limits are:

            240 hours in a 12 month period for single parents with a child under six and 360 hours in 12 months for others*.

Ø       Job Search/Job Readiness hours can be a core activity for only 4 weeks in a row.  Once a break occurs, it can become core again.

      Once federal limits are reached the hours in Job Search/Job Readiness activities are reported in the miscellaneous category of "other". 

* Iowa is designated a "needy state," thereby increasing the limits from 120 hours to 240 hours and 180 hours to 360 hours respectfully.

Vocational Education federal limit is:

Ø       12 month life time limit

      Once the 12 month limit is reached the hours in Education fall out of the core activity of Education and into the non-core activity of Jobs Skills Directly Related to Employment.