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Striking employees must establish that the assistance unit would have been eligible for assistance prior to the strike before approval of TANF benefits. Eligibility for TANF is based on pre-strike income. See Chapter 6, Special Budgeting Procedures - Strikers, for a full discussion of eligibility criteria for strikers. Not a Child of a Minor Mother in Foster Care Nor a Child Receiving Adoption Assistance A child whose mother is a minor receiving foster care board payments (IV-E or CWS) from federal, state or local funds is not eligible for TANF benefits, nor is a child who receives adoption assistance payments from federal, state, or local funds. There is one exception, if the adoptive parents have an active TANF case for their own children and including the adoption assistance child's needs and income in the TANF budget would result in an increase of TANF benefits, the adoption assistance child can be considered eligible for TANF. Otherwise, consider the adoption assistance child as technically ineligible for the benefit program. Reporting Changes

Effective January 1, 2018, Mississippi began the transition to Change Reporting for all TANF households. Under Change Reporting requirements, households must report the following changes within 10 days of the date the change becomes known to the household: • Residence and resulting shelter costs; Legal child support obligation;

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