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4) TANF-Funded Programs TANF Cash Assistance Program or Diversion Payment Program including:

a) TAPIT and home visiting services are funded with TANF and are available only to TANF recipients.

b) Diversion assistance is available only to individuals otherwise eligible for TANF cash assistance.

c) Domestic Violence services and other non-cash grant services are available to TANF applicants up to 300% of the Federal Poverty Level and TANF recipients.

Net Income must be less than Payment Level. Countable Resources must be less than the SNAP Resource Limit.

D.C. code also provides for an annual increase in the TANF cash grant based on the change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The average change since 1996 has been an increase of 2.4%. In addition to the annual increase, and in light of the fact that D.C.’s cash grant was largely stagnant since 1996, D.C. provided three cash grant increases, including 15.3% in FY 2017 and 13.3% in FY 2018 and, 11.8% in FY 2019. Grant increases were tied to a Cost of Living Increase thereafter. The Grant amounts for FY 2021 are in the table below:

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4) TANF-Funded Programs TANF Cash Assistance Program or Diversion Payment Program including:

a) TAPIT and home visiting services are funded with TANF and are available only to TANF recipients.

b) Diversion assistance is available only to individuals otherwise eligible for TANF cash assistance.

c) Domestic Violence services and other non-cash grant services are available to TANF applicants up to 300% of the Federal Poverty Level and TANF recipients.

Net Income must be less than Payment Level. Countable Resources must be less than the SNAP Resource Limit.

D.C. code also provides for an annual increase in the TANF cash grant based on the change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The average change since 1996 has been an increase of 2.4%. In addition to the annual increase, and in light of the fact that D.C.’s cash grant was largely stagnant since 1996, D.C. provided three cash grant increases, including 15.3% in FY 2017 and 13.3% in FY 2018 and, 11.8% in FY 2019. Grant increases were tied to a Cost of Living Increase thereafter. The Grant amounts for FY 2021 are in the table below: