Single Course SR 08-23, 10/08 (FAM-A)

The purpose of the single course activity is to allow individuals to update or upgrade skills to become immediately employable, without participating in a degree or certificate program. *For example, a single course might be authorized when an individual who has clerical experience needs a computer class to help find immediate employment. The activity is counted as a secondary activity that must prepare the client for employment.

NHEP Requirements

NHEP participants may be approved for participation in single educational courses, if the courses meet all the conditions specified below:

• are supported by the employment goals as indicated on the EP;

• improve the participant’s immediate employment prospects;

• are vocationally specific; and

• do not exceed one term of education or training as defined by the institution.

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Documentation and Verification

This activity shall be supervised no less frequently than daily. The countable hours shall be verified and documented bi-weekly on Form NHEP266, NHEP Education/Training Activities Verification Form or other verifications approved by NHEP to be signed by the education organization and returned to the worker. This form will specify that the education organization must verify that the participant is attending in accordance with the requirements of the education organization and/or the course of study and that they are making satisfactory progress.

Support Services

The following support services may be authorized for this activity:

• child care assistance;

• transportation assistance (payment to enrolled public/private carriers, mileage and auto repair reimbursement);

• tuition; and

• fees and supplies.

Support Services Authorization and Limitations

Support services for education and training costs for participants referred to a single course activity are subject to the following limits:

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• payments for books, fees, tools of the trade and child care registration fees are limited to a total of $500 per state fiscal year per participant; and

Exception: Child care registration fees are limited to one registration fee payment per family, per provider, per state fiscal year.

• tuition assistance is limited to a total of $1575 per state fiscal year per participant.

Exception: For NHEP participants already receiving WIA training services, only the WIA staff may authorize WIA payment for single course activities and related support services. For all others, DHHS funding is used only when other sources of funds are not available.