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 PUBLIC LAW 104-193—AUG. 22, 1996 110 STAT. 2133 in vocational educational training or deemed to be engaged in work by reason of subparagraph (C) of this paragraph. "(d) WORK ACTIVITIES DEFINED. —AS used in this section, the term 'work activities' means— "(1) unsubsidized employment; "(2) subsidized private sector employment; "(3) subsidized public sector employment; "(4) work experience (including work associated with the refurbishing of publicly assisted housing) if sufficient private sector emplo3ment is not available; "(5) on-the-job training; "(6) job search and job readiness assistance; "(7) community service programs; "(8) vocational educational training (not to exceed 12 months with respect to any individual); "(9) job skills training directly related to employment; "(10) education directly related to emplo5ment, in the case of a recipient who has not received a high school diploma or a certificate of high school equivsilency; "(11) satisfactory attendance at secondary school or in a course of study leading to a certificate of general equivalence, in the case of a recipient who has not completed secondary school or received such a certificate; and "(12) the provision of child care services to an individual who is participating in a community service program. "(e) PENALTIES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS.— "(1) IN GENERAL. —Except as provided in paragraph (2), if an individual in a family receiving assistance under the State program funded under this part refuses to engage in work required in accordance with this section, the State shall— "(A) reduce the amount of assisteuice otherwise payable to the family pro rata (or more, at the option of the State) with respect to any period during a month in which the individual so refuses; or "(B) terminate such assistance, subject to such good cause and other exceptions as the State may establish. "(2) EXCEPTION. — Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a State may not reduce or terminate assistance under the State program funded under this part based on a refijsal of an individual to work if the individual is a single custodial parent caring for a child who has not attained 6 years of age, and the individual proves that the individual has a demonstrated inability (as determined by the State) to obtain needed child care, for 1 or more of the following reasons: "(A) Unavailability of appropriate child care within a reasonable distance from the individual's home or work site. "(B) Unavailability or unsuitability of informed child care by a relative or under other arrangements. "(C) Unavailability of appropriate and affordable formal child care arrangements. " (f) NONDISPLACEMENT IN WORK ACTIVITIES.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Subject to paragraph (2), an adult in a fgunily receiving assistance under a State program funded under this part attributable to funds provided by the Federal

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