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Participants must also take part in periodic reviews of their family’s situation. The Division re-determines eligibility and benefit amount based on the information provided during the reviews and any other changes that are reported between reviews. Benefits are calculated prospectively to better coordinate the benefits with the household's current circumstances, which allows the family to budget more effectively, and helps in their efforts toward self-sufficiency. 4.4 ALLOWABLE ABSENCES EXCEEDING 30 DAYS The absence of a member of the ATAP home exceeding 30 days may be allowable if all the following conditions of the absence are met and the absence is due to one of circumstances listed below. CONDITIONS • The location of the absent individual is known; • There is a definite plan for the return of the absent individual to the ATAP home; and • The absent individual shared the home with the ATAP household prior to the onset of the extended absence. CIRCUMSTANCES A. Hospitalization or Admission to a Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center 1. The illness is such that a return to the family can be expected; and 2. the parent or caretaker relative responsibility for the child continues. B. Court Ordered Visitation 1. The caretaker relative maintains a home for the child to return to; 2. The intent is for the child to return to the ATAP home at the end of the visit; 3. The child does not receive ATAP benefit payments while in the care of the parent they are visiting; and 4. The absence does not last longer than 3 calendar months. C. Education or Training Not Available in the Home Community 1. Either the child or the caretaker relative is absent because of a need for education or training which is not available in the home community; and 2. the absent student returns to the home at least once each year; and 3. the absent student is not receiving ATAP in another household; and 4. the absent student intends to return to the home at the completion of their education or training; and 5. the parent or caretaker relative is maintaining a home to which either they or the child intends to return. D. Planned Temporary Absence A parent or caretaker relative is temporarily absent from the home for a planned temporary absence, including employment, seeking employment, and military Alaska TANF State Plan P lan Effective December 31, 2025 7 | P a g e