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Page | 9 8.2.2 A TANF recipient household with no elderly or disabled members, who have earned income and receives SNAP benefits, is required to complete a simplified report form, semi-annually, to confirm that no changes occurred during the previous six (6) months that would alter their continued eligibility. The household is required to report on the simplified report form and provide documentation of changes to their household composition, income, and other eligibility factors. The processing center will determine whether the household continues to be eligible for financial assistance for the remaining six (6) months of their certification period. 8.2.3 In addition to the semi-annual and annual eligibility redeterminations, a recipient household must report and provide verification of any changes to their household composition and/or income within ten (10) days of the date the change became known to the household.

9.0 ASSISTANCE UNIT

9.1 Definition of Eligible Family

9.1.1 To be categorically eligible for TANF, a family must include a needy dependent child under the age of eighteen (18) years and the child’s natural or adoptive parent(s) or a specified relative if the child’s parents are absent. A child aged 18 years may remain eligible if the child is a full-time high school student or is enrolled in a program of an equivalent level of vocational or technical training, until graduation or when the child reaches age nineteen (19), whichever occurs first.

A. A specified relative is defined as the designated relative who provides care and supervision of the dependent child and lives in the same household. The specified relative may include the following individuals in relation to the child:

1. Brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, uncle, aunt, uncle half- blood, aunt half-blood, great uncle, great aunt, great uncle half- blood, great aunt half-blood, grandfather, grandmother, great grandfather, great grandmother, first cousin, first cousin once removed, nephew or niece, great-great grandfather, great-great grandmother, great- great-great grandfather, great-great-great grandmother, great-great uncle, great-great aunt, great-great uncle half-blood, great-great aunt half-blood; 2. Stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, and stepsister;