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received TANF financial assistance for 24 months or more with no participation in an approved work activity. The family will not be eligible for TANF benefits again until the adult(s) is working, participating in an approved educational activity or meets a TANF work exemption.

MISSISSIPPI [NON-FINANCIAL CRITERIA: TIME LIMITS] Revised 09-01-17

• A453, TANF Closure – 24-Month Time Limit, will be used by the worker to notify a recipient family that the TANF case is closing because the family has received TANF benefits for 24 or more months and the nonexempt adult(s) in the family is not participating in an approved work activity. • A454, TANF Closure – 60-Month Time Limit, will be used by the worker to notify a recipient family that the TANF case is closing because the family has received its lifetime maximum of 60 months of TANF assistance. • A455, TANF 60-Month Time Limit Extension, will be used by the worker to notify a recipient family that has been approved for a TANF 60-month time limit extension based on certain hardship criteria and the family may continue to receive TANF benefits in three-month increments. A456, TANF Time Limit Extension Closure, will be used by the worker to close the TANF case when the family becomes ineligible for a 60-month time limit extension and to notify the family that the extension is being terminated and the TANF case is closing.

The CADM screen and the MDHS-EA-313/313A forms must be documented that the above notices were sent according to timeliness standards. HANDLING A TANF APPLICATION WHEN THE 24 AND 60-MONTH TIME LIMITS HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED When a worker determines that a TANF applicant has exhausted the family’s 24 or 60- month time limit, the worker will deny the application and send the appropriate denial notice. • A226 – TANF Denial – 60-Month Lifetime Maximum; or A227 – Denial - TANF 24- Month Time Limit. FAIR HEARING NOTIFICATION The fair hearing notification is included on the back of all MAVERICS notices. TANF benefits Volume III | Chapter 3 3064