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TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION TITLE PAGE

PART A – PROGRAM GOALS, ADMINISTRATION, AND IMPLEMENTATION 1.0 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 1 2.0 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 1 3.0 PROGRAM OVERSIGHT 2 4.0 PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION 2

4.1 Processing Centers 2

4.2 FTW Units 2 5.0 PROGRAM AND FISCAL INTEGRITY 3

5.1 Regulations, Policies and Procedures 3

5.2 Fraud and Financial Integrity 3

5.3 Public Law 112-96 3 6.0 CLIENT PROTECTIONS 4

6.1 Confidentiality 4

6.2 Administrative Hearing and Appeals Process 4

6.3 Limited English Proficiency 4 7.0 MAJOR STATE POLICIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 5

7.1 State Temporary Assistance for Other Needy Families (TAONF) Program 5

7.2 Domestic Violence Option 5

7.3 Temporary Disability 5

7.4 Work Eligible Individuals with Good Cause from Work Requirements 6

7.5 Extended TANF Sixty-Month Time Limit Due to Hardship 6

7.6 Subsidized Employment 7

PART B – ASSISTANCE AND ELIGIBILITY 8.0 APPLICATION AND ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION 8

8.1 Application Process 8

8.2 Eligibility Redeterminations and Reporting of Household Changes 8 9.0 ASSISTANCE UNIT 9

9.1 Definition of Eligible Family 9

9.2 Pregnant Women Without Dependent Children 11

9.3 Minor Child 11 10.0 ELIGIBILITY, INCOME, AND RESOURCES 11

10.1 Gross Income Test 12

10.2 Earned Income Deductions 12

10.3 Determining Amount of Assistance 13