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2.13 TANF-ELIGIBLE FAMILIES AND TANF-ELIGIBLE PARENTS Federal law permits states to establish eligibility criteria for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program within broad federal guidelines. The listing below summarizes the families and parents defined as “eligible families” by various provisions of Florida Law.

Florida Statues Description Eligible for Assistance? Eligible for Services? 414.045 Cash Assistance Workforce Participant (Work Eligible) Under TANF State Plan This includes families with minor children (or a pregnant individual) containing adult(s) (a parent or relative who chooses to be included in the TCA assistance group) or teen head of household who is subject to the work activity requirements or time limits. This includes individuals currently exempt from work activities or who have an exception to the work activity requirement but who will be subject to the requirements at some point in the future. This includes individuals with a child under three months of age, or individuals meeting an exception due to illness or incapacity. This also includes families where the parent is under a second or third level work sanction and removed from the assistance group. Yes Yes 414.045 Cash Assistance Not Work Eligible Participant This includes families without an eligible adult subject to the work activity requirement or the time limit under federal or state law. These include “child-only” situations such as grandparents or other relatives receiving assistance for the children, families where the parent or parents are receiving SSI benefits and are excluded from the TCA assistance Group, and families where the parent or parents are ineligible (for example, due to immigration status). Yes Yes 39.5085 and 414.045 Cash Assistance Relative Caregiver Program This is a specific program created to provide assistance to relative caregivers when children have been placed with a relative or non- relative by the court as part of a dependency action. Benefits in this program are limited to families under the supervision of the child welfare office.

Yes Relatives Only Yes Relatives Only