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The 13 quarters start with the fourth quarter of 2004, which is the last quarter with earned income, and is still within the base period. There are still six quarters of earnings within the 13 allowed quarters, so eligibility on this factor is established. If one or more of the earnings quarters prior to fourth quarter of 2004 did not exist, there would be only five quarters of earned income and the family would not qualify for TANF-UP.

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EXAMPLE 3:

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< 13 quarters ^ ^ ^ ^ > Base period In this situation, we count 13 quarters, beginning with the most recent earnings in the base period. There are only five quarters of earnings within the thirteen. However, we have two quarters within the base period with verified earnings of $50 or more. Therefore, we can “shift” the 13 quarters to count from the fourth quarter of 2004, the other earnings quarter within the base period. This causes us to “lose” the third quarter of 2005, but we “gain” the two quarters of earnings in 2002 that were outside the original 13 quarter count.

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Since we now have six quarters of earnings within the total of 13 allowed, eligibility is established on this factor. If there had still not been six quarters, the family would be ineligible for TANF-UP as we cannot shift the 13 quarters back again - at least one of the 13 must be within the four quarter base period prior to the application quarter. EXCEPTION: In order to allow young two-parent families to qualify for TANF, recent work history requirements will be waived when both parents are under 21 years of age. 3222

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