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TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................ 5 1.1 STATE PLAN REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................ 6 1.2 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................. 6 1.3 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION ......................................................................... 7 1.4 OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY .............................................................. 7 1.5 PROGRAM GOALS ............................................................................................ 8 1.6 ANNUAL WORKFORCE INNOVATION/WT STATEWIDE PLAN ....................... 9 1.7 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT .................................................................................... 9 1.8 PROGRAM EVALUATION ................................................................................. 9 1.9 DEFINITIONS .................................................................................................. 10 SECTION 2: NEEDY FAMILIES ................................................................................... 13 2.1 ELIGIBILITY FOR TANF-FUNDED ASSISTANCE AND NON-ASSISTANCE 13 2.2 ELIGIBILITY FOR TEMPORARY CASH ASSISTANCE ................................ 14 2.3 TWO-PARENT FAMILY .................................................................................... 14 2.4 NONCITIZEN ELIGIBILITY .............................................................................. 15 2.5 ELIGIBILITY OF FAMILIES MOVING TO FLORIDA FROM ANOTHER STATE

......................................................................................................................... 15 2.6 CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY ........................................................................ 15 2.7 TEEN PARENT ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS ............................................ 16 2.8 DIVERSION PROGRAMS ................................................................................ 17 2.9 SPECIFIED EXEMPTIONS TO WORK ACTIVITY ............................................ 20 2.10 TIME LIMIT FOR RECEIPT OF TCA ................................................................. 20 2.11 HARDSHIP EXTENSION TO TCA TIME LIMITATION ...................................... 20 2.12 INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY PLAN AND ALTERNATIVE REQUIREMENT PLAN ............................................................................................................... 21 2.13 TANF-ELIGIBLE FAMILIES AND TANF-ELIGIBLE PARENTS ......................... 24 2.14 MEDICAL SERVICES GUIDANCE ................................................................... 28 SECTION 3: WORK REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................ 30 3.1 WORK ACTIVITY REQUIREMENTS ................................................................ 30 3.2 DEFINITION OF WORK ACTIVITIES ............................................................... 31 3.3 SUPPORT SERVICES ..................................................................................... 31 3.4 CHILD CARE RELATED DEFINITIONS ........................................................... 32 3.5 MEDICAL INCAPACITY ................................................................................... 33 3.6 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ................................................................................... 33 3.7 GOOD CAUSE ( ............................................................................................... 34 3.8 NONCOMPLIANCE WITH PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS ............................... 35 3.9 FORGIVING PRIOR PENALTIES ..................................................................... 36 3.10 IMPACT OF PENALTIES ON TIME LIMITS ...................................................... 36 3.11 TRANSITIONAL BENEFITS AND SERVICES .................................................. 36 3.12 INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS .................................................... 37 SECTION 4: PARTICIPANT CONFIDENTIALITY ........................................................ 39