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Chapter: 2200 Standard Filing Unit Program: TCA 23 2220.0410.01 Needs Excluded (TCA) The needs of the following individuals must be excluded:

1. A 16 to 18 year old who has been sanctioned for failure to cooperate with work activities.

2. The 18 year old full-time student who fails to verify full-time status.

3. Members of an assistance group who are sanctioned due to failure to comply with FS work requirements, Child Support Enforcement (CSE) requirements or immunizations, or who is technically ineligible (for example, welfare enumeration or citizenship).

4. The incapacitated or unemployed father of an unborn child, living in the home, when the unborn is the only eligible child. The father's income and assets continue to be considered. When the child is born, the father's needs must be included.

5. The mother (or father) who is in and out of the home for brief periods, (the provision that the parent's needs be included in the standard filing unit (SFU) does not apply) when a nonparental specified relative is receiving Temporary Cash Assistance as a caretaker relative.

Note: The eligibility specialist must exercise judgment as to whether to add the needs of the parent or to close and reopen the case to include the parent as payee (if the parent's needs are not added to the SFU, the parent is to be treated as an absent parent for CSE purposes). 2220.0410.02 Strikers - Needs Excluded (TCA) A striker is defined as a person who has refused to provide services to his employer in conjunction with other employees, whether in the form of a strike or other concerted work stoppage, including a stoppage by reason of a collective bargaining agreement, work slowdown or other concerted interruption of operations by employees.

When the parent or caretaker relative whose income is considered in determining eligibility is participating in a strike, the assistance group (AG) is considered ineligible for TCA and assistance must be denied or the benefits cancelled. The AG remains ineligible while the parent or caretaker relative continues to participate in the strike. The first month assistance can be authorized is for the month during which the parent or caretaker relative is no longer participating in the strike, whether because the strike is settled, the striker returned to the job or the striker was fired or otherwise dismissed, provided eligibility is established on all factors.

When a member of the AG other than the parent or caretaker relative is on strike, his needs must be removed from the AG while he continues to participate in the strike. Upon request and determination of eligibility, the striker's needs can be added to the AG for the month he is no longer participating in the strike, whether because the strike is settled, the striker returned to the job, or the striker was fired or otherwise dismissed.

The eligibility specialist must verify with the employer either that the strike has been settled, the striker has returned to employment, or the striker has been dismissed from employment prior to authorizing assistance when the caretaker relative, whose income is considered in the AG, parent or a member of the AG has been on strike. The information obtained from the employer must be recorded on the application form.