2.4.1.4

TANF recipient or TANF payee: This group of applicants includes parent(s) or guardian(s) receiving TANF assistance (TANF recipients) or guardian(s) or custodian(s) who are providing care to a child who is not their natural child and receiving TANF assistance on behalf of the child (TANF payees). TANF recipients and TANF payees meet the residency, qualifying activity, and income eligibility based on receipt of TANF benefits or referral from the Economic Security Administration (ESA). Applicants in this classification are not required to separately verify residency, income, activity in work, job training, education, or job search for purposes of determining subsidy eligibility. TANF payees also meet the immigration/citizenship requirement based on receipt of TANF benefits and are not required to separately verify the citizenship/immigrant status of the child. Co-payment requirements are waived for TANF recipients and payees.