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Ask your FTW case manager to clearly explain what is expected of you. The required hours and the activities that count toward FTW participation depend on your individual circumstances.

Review the charts below for additional information, including academic activities that may require verification signatures. Contact your campus BTH coordinator to discuss who may be able to sign required verification forms.

Some types of childcare assistance may require 87 hours per month, or approximately 21.5 hours per week, to receive the maximum benefit. Different rules or greater flexibility may apply when using licensed or accredited childcare providers. Confirm your requirements with the appropriate childcare program.

Core hours are hours completed through qualifying core activities. Paid employment and supervised volunteer work may qualify as core activities.

Academic classroom hours may also qualify as core hours for up to 12 months through the Vocational Education Training option. Ask your FTW case manager which activities qualify in your individual plan.

Households with a child younger than age 6 are generally required to complete 20 core hours.

Households in which the youngest child is age 6 or older are generally required to complete 30 total hours: 20 core hours and 10 non-core hours.

A student using VET may count:

• 12 classroom hours;
• 12 study hours; and
• 6 hours of BTH employment.

This equals 30 total hours.

A student using JST may count:

• 20 hours of BTH employment as core hours; and
• 12 classroom hours.

This equals 32 total hours.

In a two-parent household where both adults have work requirements, the household must generally complete 55 total hours, including 50 core hours.

One adult may be able to use qualifying education, classroom, and study hours as core activities, including up to 12 months under VET. Classroom and study hours may also be used under JST, subject to FTW approval.

The two adults must meet the household’s combined hour requirement.

Two-parent households using childcare must generally meet 55 total hours, including 50 core hours.

The calculation may depend on the hours completed by each adult, including the work hours completed by the adult who is not enrolled as a student.

Childcare subsidy calculations for two-parent households may count only the periods during which both adults are working or attending approved classes.

This may significantly affect the childcare subsidy. Contact Bridge to Hope and the appropriate childcare program for guidance.

In a two-parent household where only one adult has a work requirement, the household must generally complete 35 total hours, including 30 core hours.

The work-required adult may be able to use qualifying education, classroom, and study hours as core activities, including up to 12 months under VET. Classroom and study hours may also be used under JST, subject to FTW approval.

Ask your FTW case manager how the household’s total required hours will be calculated.

Under this example, 12 classroom hours + 12 study hours + 11 hours of BTH employment = 35 total hours.

Under this example, 20 hours of BTH employment + 10 volunteer hours = 30 core hours. Adding 5 classroom hours results in 35 total hours.