JRS is captured using BR component. JRS is an activity designed to help employed participants achieve satisfactory job performance, retain employment, and increase wages over time. The participant must have secured new employment or received a promotion or increase in wages due to new or additional responsibilities while participating in BFET activities. Increase in number of hours the participant is employed does not qualify the participant for JRS. JRS is used when the participant’s Basic Food closes or when the employed participant chooses not to continue JST, SJS, BE, ELA, IET, VE, NWBL, or SWBL activities beyond their new employment. Participant can engage in SL activity while participating in JRS. Employment must be verified each month the participant is in JRS. The participant must have participated in other BFET activities in the last 30 days. JRS can include the following activities:
•Counseling
•Coaching
•Case management and
•Participant reimbursements
Participants who choose to participate in JRS must agree to participate for at least 30 days, up to a maximum of 90 days. Effective 10/01/2019, the JRS limit of 90 days can be consecutive or cumulative.