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Chapter: 2200 Standard Filing Unit Program: TCA 25 2220.0417.05 Specified Relative Assets Included (TCA) The specified relative, who is caretaker of the child, who chooses to have needs included in the SFU and who meets the conditions outlined in passage 2220.0405.04 must have assets included. 2220.0417.06 Pregnant Woman Assets Included (TCA) The assets of a pregnant woman are considered. Any assets available to the pregnant woman on the unborn child's behalf are also considered. The assets of the pregnant woman's incapacitated legal husband who is living in the home or who is temporarily absent are considered available to the pregnant woman unless the husband is a recipient of SSI or OSS. 2220.0417.07 Noncitizen's Sponsor Assets Included (TCA) The assets of the individual sponsor of a noncitizen are considered available to the noncitizen in their entirety.

This does not refer to sponsoring agencies or organizations. See 2620.0203.09 regarding TCA eligibility of individuals sponsored by agencies or organizations. 2220.0419 Income and Assets of Excluded Members (TCA) SFU members who have been specifically excluded from the SFU per passage 2220.0408 may have all or a portion of their income and assets still included in the SFU computation. 2220.0420.02 Parent Excluded in the AG/SFU (TCA) A parent whose needs cannot be included in the standard filing unit (SFU) because of having been sanctioned due to failure to comply with work requirements must have income and assets included in determining the child's eligibility and SFU amount. Penalized individuals are entitled to disregards if otherwise eligible.

A parent whose needs cannot be included in the SFU because of technical ineligibility (for example, due to welfare enumeration or noncitizen status) must have income and assets included in determining the child's eligibility and SFU amount. 2220.0420.03 16 to 18 Year Old Refuses to Register for E&T (TCA) When a 16 to 18 year old is not in school and is penalized for failure to participate in TCA work activities, the entire assistance group is ineligible for cash assistance. 2220.0420.04 Income and Assets - Parents of Teen Parent (TCA) When the teen parent resides with a parent and/or the parent's legal husband or wife who are nonparticipating individuals, and either the parent or stepparent or both have income, the income of the parent must be considered available to the teen parent and the dependent child on whose behalf the teen parent applies for assistance. A determination must first be made as to the amount of the stepparent's income considered available to the teen's parent.

If the teen parent is not eligible to have her needs included in the SFU with her child (for any technical reason), the income of the nonparticipating parent(s) or stepparent of the teen parent is considered to be available to the teen parent's child.

The assets of the parent(s) of the teen parent are not considered available to the teen parent and her child although the income may be included.