Fees and Supplies SR 99-08, 03/99 (FAM-A)

NHEP participants engaged in approved activities may get help with related costs including:

• Mandatory texts or books required by the educational institution to complete a course;

• Supplies necessary to accomplish the required course objectives including paper, notebooks, and writing instruments;

• Mandatory fees required for attending school or training programs, including child care registration fees and school enrollment fees. Allowable fees also include any mandatory fees which are charged by the state or which are required to begin employment or to complete a training or educational program leading to a license or certificate;

• Tools of the trade necessary to perform the tasks of the job or to participate in an vocational training program, such as a watch with a second hand for an LPN trainee; and

Specialized clothing or uniforms required for participation in training, education, or employment. Specialized clothing includes such items as nursing uniforms, steel-toed shoes, and hard-hats.

Fees and supplies are authorized for NHEP participants in approved NHEP activities including:

• Employment from the start date of employment through the end of the next month following the start date;

• OJT through the duration of the OJT contract, even though the participant becomes ineligible for NHEP financial assistance due to increased earnings or hours of employment;

• Vocational skills training;

• Single courses (including single post-secondary courses);

• Basic education; or

• Basic literacy.

Exceptions:

• Fees and supplies may be authorized only when there is no other source of funding available to the individual.

• Fees and supplies may not be authorized for NHEP participants who are approved as self initiated.

• Post Secondary Education: Only those recipients approved prior to 4/1/95 to participate in a Post Secondary Degree program and who had been approved for fees and supplies may receive these support services for up to two continuous years of full time study or up to three years for part time study or until their program is completed whichever comes first. These services would not continue to be authorized if there is a change in their program.

• OJT: NHEP participants engaged in an OJT continue to receive fees and supplies assistance.

Fees and Supplies Support Service Limit

The limit for fees and supplies is $500 per recipient per State Fiscal year in any 12 month period beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30.

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

Verification Requirement

The individual must provide signed and dated statements from the school or training site coordinator stating:

• Individual is enrolled;

• Class schedule; and

• Length of program.