California Department of Social Services - State Hearings Division
Notes from the Training Bureau - July 3, 2002

In a two-parent assistance unit, if both parents have reached the 18 or 24-month time limit, and one parent meets the 35-hour weekly requirement for participating in community service, the other parent does not need to participate in any WTW activity.
Thus if the mother meets the 35 hour time limit, the father is not required to participate in Welfare to Work, but he may voluntarily do so.

If the mother is unemployed and has reached the 18 or 24-month time limit, and is the parent who has agreed to participate in WTW activities, she must participate 35 hours in an allowable WTW activity such as community service. The county must use the Simplified Food Stamp Program (SFSP) minimum wage calculation, to determine the maximum hours of required community service.

Assume the county calculates that the mother must participate in 31 hours of unpaid community service. She must participate in four hours in another allowable WTW activity. She may not participate for 35 hours in community service even if she chooses to do so.