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10.4 Deemed Income 13

10.5 Assets 14

10.6 Residency 14

10.7 Felony Substance Abuse 14

10.8 Fleeing Felons 14

10.9 Temporarily Absent from the Home 14 11.0 INCOME AND BENEFIT STANDARDS, ACCESS TO BENEFITS 15

11.1 Income and Benefit Standards 15

11.2 Access to Benefits 15 12.0 TIME LIMITS 16

12.1 Sixty-Month Time Limit 16

12.2 Assistance Beyond the Sixty-Month Time Limit Due to Hardship 16

12.3 Time Limit Provision for Dependent Children 16 13.0 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, PENALTIES AND SPECIAL PROVISIONS 17

13.1 Up-Front Universal Engagement 17

13.2 Child Support Enforcement Agency (CSEA) 17

13.3 Work Participation Requirements for Work Eligible Individuals (WEI) 18

13.4 Work Participation Requirements for Other Work Eligible Individuals (OWEI) with a Disability 18

13.5 Penalty for Non-Compliance 18

13.6 Good Cause Provisions 19

13.7 Mandatory School Attendance 20

13.8 Secondary Education for Adults 20

13.9 Domestic Violence Status 21 14.0 NON-WORK ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS AND WORK EXEMPTIONS 23

14.1 Non-Work Eligible Households 23

14.2 Work Exemptions 23 15.0 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES 24

PART C – TANF WORK PROGRAM AND SERVICES 16.0 FIRST-TO-WORK (FTW) PROGRAM 25 17.0 SCREENINGS, ASSESSMENTS AND SUPPORT SERVICES PLAN 25

17.1 FTW Program Intake Assessments 25

17.2 Employability Assessment and Support Services Plan 26