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• Non-recipient qualifying relatives with whom minor parents are living. • Parents and other caretaker relatives who are SSI recipients. • Parents who are TANF-ineligible aliens • Parents who are TANF-ineligible drug felons.

During an in-office interview for TANF eligibility (whether because of a new application or a reapplication for benefits which were previously discontinued) the PRA is to be discussed and signed. In the case of a phone interview, the PRA should be mailed, along with a Pending Verification Checklist giving thirteen (13) days to return the signed PRA.

A recipient parent/caretaker who joins an active assistance group would be required to sign the PRA at an in-office interview, or a PRA should be mailed as indicated above.

NOTE: The PRA requirements should only be presented during a redetermination if the AG is reporting a change that would necessitate presenting the PRA or there is a fiscal penalty already in place for previous failures to sign the PRA. The failure to sign the PRA at redetermination for valid changes should not result in discontinuance of benefits, but rather the appropriate fiscal penalty should be applied to the AG.

Changes which would necessitate presenting the PRA requirement prior to a redetermination include: • The addition of a recipient parent or other caretaker relative to an assistance group • The birth of a child to a minor who is receiving assistance.

The notification requirements for these situations are identical to those outlined for imposing the PRA requirement after initial authorization.

Refusal or failure (without good cause) to sign the PRA within the designated time period results in a reduction of the TANF grant in the amount of $90 per non-compliant recipient adult. The non- compliant parent/caretaker relative continues to be an eligible TANF recipient and is: • Subject to TANF IMPACT requirements • Entitled to receive supportive services if participating in employment and training activities. • Entitled to be referred for childcare assistance, if otherwise eligible.

The penalty will be invoked throughout the length of the non-compliance and is lifted when the recipient: • Signs the PRA • Has shown good cause for failure to sign. • Timely appeals the Personal PRA fiscal penalty. The fiscal penalty is removed until the issue is resolved through the fair hearing process.

If the recipient comes into compliance before the effective date of the fiscal penalty, the penalty is not to be imposed. When compliance occurs after cut-off, the following month's reduced benefits must be augmented with an auxiliary payment to remove the penalty.