Section 121.170  Job Search Activity

a)         Individuals assigned to the Job Search (JS) Activity, based upon the employability plan, must attend all scheduled meetings, including Job Skills Workshops.  The individual will be notified, in writing, of all scheduled meetings. The failure of an individual to appear for scheduled meetings, without good cause, will constitute noncooperation.

b)         Individuals who fail to cooperate in Job Search, without good cause, shall be subject to a sanction as explained in Section 121.184.

c)         The individual is required to actively contact employers in his or her efforts to secure employment (nonexempt registrants are required to make 20 acceptable employer contacts every 30 days).  No individual shall receive a financial sanction and/or a food stamp disqualification for failure to make the appropriate number of job contacts, if the individual has made a good faith effort to make the job contacts.

(Source:  Amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 13530, effective September 3, 2002)