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06 3. Is related to the child or children within the specified degree; 4. Is determined to be financially needy and has his basic requirements and income included in the TANF money payment budget; 5. Is not a recipient of SSI, or does not have his requirements included in another assistance budget. Individuals Not Qualifying Certain individuals do not qualify as a needy caretaker. Such people include: 1. A payee who is a relative other than a parent and who fails to qualify for inclusion in the budget under the criteria listed above, or who does not wish to be included. 2. A parent whose needs are not included in the budget due to receipt of or inclusion in an SSI grant consideration or technical ineligibility due to application of the penalty for noncooperation with enumeration requirements or ineligible alien status. Second Parent Eligible for Money Payment A second parent can qualify for TANF benefits as a recipient of TANF when all of the following requirements are met: 1. He is the legal parent of at least one child in the budget or of one child who would be in the budget if not receiving SSI; 2. He is living in the home with the eligible child(ren); 3. Deprivation is based on his incapacity, the incapacity of the other parent, court ordered work without pay, or unemployment of the principal wage earner; 4. His basic requirements are included in the TANF budget. This means that he is not a recipient in his own right or does not have his requirements included in another assistance budget. Occasionally, an unusual situation may occur in which the other legal parent of a child of a TANF minor mother may qualify to have his needs and income included in the TANF budget and be eligible for all TANF benefits. Such an example is given in Chapter 6, Minor Mother Budgeting, with instructions for handling. Establishing Parental Control and Supervision

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