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year commitment to a minimal safety net for poor families, and replaced it with a fixed block grant, TANF, which provides time limited assistance and requires those who receive it to work in exchange for benefits. See Chapter 1, General.

POST SECONDARY EDUCATION (PSE)

A program of post-secondary instruction that is offered by an institution of higher education. This is not an allowable TWP activity under TANF. See Chapter 9, TANF Work Activities Defined.

PRIMARY INDIVIDUAL (PI)

The individual whose name the case is in. See Chapter 3, Caretaker Relative, Marriage Disregard.

PRINCIPAL WAGE EARNER

In TANF-UP cases, the individual who earned the most money in the last two years before application. See Chapter 3, Deprivation.

PRORATION

Payment of a partial TANF benefit in the initial month. Proration will occur only when the application is taken and payment authorized in the same calendar month. The benefit will cover the authorization date through the last day of the month. See Chapter 6, Prorating Grants for Applicants.

PROSPECTIVE BUDGETING

The computation of a family’s grant for a payment month based on an estimate of income and other circumstances anticipated for the month. See Chapter 6, General Principles.

PROSPECTIVE ELIGIBILITY

The determination of initial or ongoing eligibility for assistance based on circumstances expected to exist in the payment month. A family must be prospectively eligible or no benefits may be authorized. A prospective eligibility test is required for an ongoing case whenever there is a change in the family’s circumstances that might affect eligibility. See Chapter 6, General Principles.