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PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT

Employment of less than 35 hours per week at minimum wage. See Chapter 9, TANF Work Activities Defined.

PAYEE

This term is often used to refer to the parent/caretaker relative or the primary individual (PI) in MAVERICS, and is the individual in whose name the TANF benefit is paid. This is also called the case head. In some situations, a payee other than the case head may be named. See Protective Payee, below. See Chapter 7, Protective and Vendor Payments.

PAYMENT MONTH - See Benefit Month.

PENALTY VIOLATION

The TANF Work Program penalties for failure without good cause to participate will be the same time periods as work-related penalties in SNAP. Failure to comply with the TANF Work Program will mean a full benefit sanction. A full sanction means that the TANF case will be closed. The SNAP case will also close if the individual does not meet a SNAP work exemption. The case will close for the appropriate TWP time penalty period. The family must serve at least the minimum penalty period and comply with the TANF Work Program before TANF eligibility can be reestablished. See Chapter 11, Adverse Action.

PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY CONTRACT

The MDHS-EA-312 is an agreement between MDHS and the TANF recipient which outlines the responsibilities of each. Personal responsibility is required by this contract. Other responsibilities include TANF eligibility and work requirements and non-compliance penalties, specific benefit time limits, child support enforcement, family benefit cap, school attendance, immunization, change reporting, and sanctions for failure without good cause to meet TANF requirements. See Chapter 3, Personal Responsibility Contract, and Generic Forms Manual.

PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OPPORTUNITY RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1996 (PRWORA)

Public Law 104-193 was signed on August 22, 1996, and ended the federal government’s 60