704.010 General Requirements for Financial Eligibility

The Department determines financial eligibility for Transitional Cash Assistance based on an assessment of the income of the filing unit. In order for the assistance unit to be eligible, the income of the filing unit may not be above the Department’s income limits.

(A) 106 CMR 704.300, 704.305, and 704.310 provide the requirements for determining who is in the filing unit, who is in the assistance unit, and whose income and needs are considered in determining eligibility.

(B) Reserved.

(C) 106 CMR 704.200: Income, provides the requirements for determining how income is counted in the eligibility test.

The remaining sections provide the requirements for calculating and paying the grant once eligibility has been established.

Transitional Cash Assistance Programs

Financial Eligibility | Chapter | 704

Rev. 5 /202 4 | Page Page | 704.100