[Abawdnavigators] Possible ABAWD letters

[Biros, Demetra]

Hi Kathi,

I have a follow up question regarding this.  It appears that people in the non-waived area of King County that are participating in the BFET program are receiving these letters also. These are students that are meeting their 'work requirement' and all of the information is documented in EJAS.  This is creating fear and confusion in students and creating a great deal of work for staff.  Mark Gordon from Seattle Central sent an email out to the BFET listserv on Friday documenting this situation.  This is not a new problem and it has been brought to DSHSs attention in the past.  I personally brought this issue to DSHSs attention last June during the BFET forum. Can you help us understand why this is happening and if anyone is working to fix this?   DSHS should be able to see that these students are actively engaged in an activity.

Thanks,

Demetra Biros
Director of Workforce Development
Lake Washington Institute of Technology
425-739-8315
Demetra.Biros at lwtech.edu<mailto:Demetra.Biros at lwtech.edu>

From: Abawdnavigators [mailto:abawdnavigators-bounces at lists.ctc.edu] On Behalf Of Kathi Medcalf via Abawdnavigators
Sent: Monday, November 4, 2019 3:38 PM
To: abawdnavigators at lists.ctc.edu
Subject: [Abawdnavigators] Possible ABAWD letters

Hi All,

I have been hearing from some of you that students are coming in with letters saying they are an ABAWD and are looking for information and help.  Below is the response I received about this from DSHS:

Clients in the non-waived area of King County should be the only ones receiving notification  letters. Unfortunately in our latest work update for ACES last month there was an issue where some  clients State wide were identified as having to meet the requirements and letters were generated. Unfortunately before the error was caught letters had been mailed to an undetermined number of client's who meet the ABAWD identified, but do not currently have work requirements.  Navigators can let these clients know that at this time they do not have to meet the requirements identified in the letters.  However we anticipate information to be sent to them in the near future once we have all our pieces in place to begin referring clients to navigators.

Let me know if you have any questions about this,

Kathi


[Title: SBCTC logo - Description: Compass]Kathi Medcalf, M.S.Ed
Program Administrator: ABAWD, Workforce Education
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
1300 Quince Street SE | PO Box 42495 | Olympia, WA 98504-2495
P: (360) 704-1838     E: kmedcalf at sbctc.edu<mailto:kmedcalf at sbctc.edu>
                      Pronouns: She/Her/Hers



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