{"data":{"id":"us/45-cfr-261.12","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"45 CFR 261.12","heading":"What is an individual responsibility plan?","body":"An individual responsibility plan is a plan developed at State option, in consultation with the individual, on the basis of the assessment made under § 261.11. The plan:\n(a) Should set an employment goal and a plan for moving immediately into private-sector employment;\n(b) Should describe the obligations of the individual. These could include going to school, maintaining certain grades, keeping school-aged children in school, immunizing children, going to classes, or doing other things that will help the individual become or remain employed in the private sector;\n(c) Should be designed to move the individual into whatever private-sector employment he or she is capable of handling as quickly as possible and to increase over time the responsibility and the amount of work the individual handles;\n(d) Should describe the services the State will provide the individual to enable the individual to obtain and keep private sector employment, including job counseling services; and\n(e) May require the individual to undergo appropriate substance abuse treatment.","path":["Title 45—Public Welfare","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Public Welfare","CHAPTER II—OFFICE OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE (ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS), ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","PART 261—ENSURING THAT RECIPIENTS WORK","Subpart A—What Are the Provisions Addressing Individual Responsibility?"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-45.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:21Z","sha256":"edb99663936fd439506f6343e81a615c174becd07f480ec6609289b82d2801b7","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/45-cfr-261.11","next":"us/45-cfr-261.13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}