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disregard may be eligible for transitional supportive services (child care and transportation) if all eligibility criteria are met. Applicants who are exempt from TWP requirements will not be eligible for TANF transitional services after their cases close due to earned income or loss of the threemonth disregard. Refer to Chapter 6, for additional information. REFERABLE TANF RECIPIENTS All adults TANF recipients who are not specifically exempt must be referred for TANF work activities, including: • Individuals who are receiving unemployment benefits • Individuals who are working, whether part-time or full-time • Teen heads of household under age 20, once the child is 12 weeks of age • VISTA volunteers and other volunteers participating in activities under the National Community Service Trust Act of 1993, such as AmeriCorps • Individuals otherwise exempt as caretaker of a child under 12 months of age (JJ) or as a victim of domestic violence (JV) who wish to volunteer (EV) • Individuals otherwise exempt (JB, JC, JF, JL and JD) who voluntarily waive their exemption and become non-exempt (NE) • Minor dependents with a child of his/her own who needs supportive services to remain in school. • Both parents in two-parent families, unless one is caring for a severely disabled child, other household member, child under 12 months or in their third trimester of pregnancy • Parents or needy caretakers whose youngest children are over the age of 12 months • Individuals who have been determined to be incapacitated (eligible for the “JB” code) or who report they are unable to work • DF - fleeing felons or fraud • DI – disqualified for enumeration or failure to report a child not in the home Referral of Working Individuals Employment is not an exemption from the TANF Work Program. Employed individuals who do not meet another work exemption reason must be referred to the TWP. Those individuals whose work hours do not meet TWP participation requirements will be assigned to a countable work activity for sufficient hours to meet the work requirement. NOTE: Prior to the TANF case closure, the worker must ensure exempt individuals (JJ or JV), who are employed, are given the opportunity to be referred to the TWP as an exempt volunteer "EV". The worker will explain to the exempt individual that a referral to the

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