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STATE OF CONNECTICUT TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) STATE PLAN 2024-2026

Effective Date: 10/1/23 – 9/30/26 ☐ Initial Submission Date: 12/31/2023 ☒ Revision Date: 04/15/2024 Page: 49

SECTION B – PART VII – DENIAL OF ASSISTANCE BASED ON ABSENCE FROM THE HOME

Sec. 408(a)(10) of the Social Security Act

(A) IN GENERAL.—A State to which a grant is made under section 403 shall not use any part of the grant to provide assistance for a minor child who has been, or is expected by a parent (or other caretaker relative) of the child to be, absent from the home for a period of 45 consecutive days or, at the option of the State, such period of not less than 30 and not more than 180 consecutive days as the State may provide for in the State plan submitted pursuant to section 402.

(B) STATE AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH GOOD CAUSE EXCEPTIONS.—The State may establish such good cause exceptions to subparagraph (A) as the State considers appropriate if such exceptions are provided for in the State plan submitted pursuant to section 402.

Except as limited by state statute or regulation, Connecticut opts to deny assistance to any minor child who is absent from the home for more than 180 consecutive days.

Connecticut also applies a good cause exception to this 180-day standard in cases where the consecutive days of absence are up to half of one calendar year because of split custody or other situations that cause a minor child to be absent from one home not more than 183 consecutive days.