3003 Non-Time Limited Program - Children's Program DELAWARE'S TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES WELFARE REFORM PROGRAM creates a non-
time-limited program for certain families, referred to as the Children's Program. Families with the following status will receive benefits in the Children's Program: • Families that the agency has determined are unemployable and unable to achieve self-sufficiency, either because a parent is too physically or mentally disabled to work in an unsubsidized work setting or because the parent is needed in the home to care for a child or another adult disabled to that extent; or • Families headed by a non-needy, non-parent caretaker; or • Families where the agency has determined that the adult caretaker is temporarily unemployable. Based on medical information, DSS will set the duration of the unemployability. The caretaker has the responsibility to request an extension and provide proof of continuing unemployability. Otherwise, DSS will consider the caretaker employable and transfer the family to the time-limited program. • Families in which the adult files a claim or has a claim being adjudicated for SSI or disability insurance under OASDI. (In this case, the family must sign an agreement to repay cash benefits received under the Children's Pro- gram from the proceeds of the first SSI/DI check received. However, the Division will require this only as long as the SSI/DI benefit includes retroactive payments for a period when the family received benefits under the Chil- dren's Program. The amount repaid will not exceed the amount of the retroactive SSI/DI benefit.) In cases for which the family is placed in the Children’s program because the parent (or other caretaker relative) is caring for a disabled family member, DSS will obtain a statement from a medical or licensed behavioral health professional or have the DSS Medical Certification form completed by a medical professional to verify that the person is needed in the home to care for the disabled family member. CONTRACT OF MUTUAL RESPONSIBILITY requirements and sanctions for non-compliance apply to families in the Children's Program.