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Delaware TANF State Plan 10-1-23 to 09-30-26 Page 9 of 59

Family Size Payment Standard 1 $201 2 $270 3 $338 4 $407 5 $475 6 $544 7 $612 8 $681 For each additional person add: $69

Conditions of Eligibility

If the income tests described above are met, a family is eligible to receive TANF assistance subject to the following conditions.

Relationship and Living Arrangements

Children must be living in the home of a parent, guardian, custodian, adult acting in loco parentis, or a specified relative.

During 2013, the Delaware legislature passed the Civil Marriage Equality and Religious Freedom Act of 2013. The law was effective July 1, 2013. The TANF program affords partners in a same gender marriage the same program rights, benefits, responsibilities, obligations, and duties as afforded different gendered married partners. Married partners of the same gender are treated in the same manner as different gendered married partners for all components of the TANF program including, but not limited to: technical eligibility, child support cooperation, financial eligibility, case composition, grant determination, and work requirements.

The caretaker of a teen parent must demonstrate valid circumstances why the teen is not living with a parent and must agree to be a party to the Contract of Mutual Responsibility (CMR) and fulfill the same responsibilities as a parent.

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Delaware TANF State Plan 10-1-23 to 09-30-26 Page 9 of 59

Family Size Payment Standard 1 $201 2 $270 3 $338 4 $407 5 $475 6 $544 7 $612 8 $681 For each additional person add: $69

Conditions of Eligibility

If the income tests described above are met, a family is eligible to receive TANF assistance subject to the following conditions.

Relationship and Living Arrangements

Children must be living in the home of a parent, guardian, custodian, adult acting in loco parentis, or a specified relative.

During 2013, the Delaware legislature passed the Civil Marriage Equality and Religious Freedom Act of 2013. The law was effective July 1, 2013. The TANF program affords partners in a same gender marriage the same program rights, benefits, responsibilities, obligations, and duties as afforded different gendered married partners. Married partners of the same gender are treated in the same manner as different gendered married partners for all components of the TANF program including, but not limited to: technical eligibility, child support cooperation, financial eligibility, case composition, grant determination, and work requirements.

The caretaker of a teen parent must demonstrate valid circumstances why the teen is not living with a parent and must agree to be a party to the Contract of Mutual Responsibility (CMR) and fulfill the same responsibilities as a parent.