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Volume III | Chapter 3

MISSISSIPPI [NON-FINANCIAL CRITERIA: TANF WORK PROGRAM]

Revised 11-01-17

In an application situation with prior TANF Transitional Transportation involvement, the penalty will apply to the entire assistance unit when the individual who commits the violation is the parent. The entire assistance unit will be ineligible for the TANF Program until the appropriate penalty period (month of application plus the following two or six full calendar months) is served. (Refer to Chapter 3, Voluntary Quit Penalty for Application with Prior TANF Transitional Transportation Involvement, for additional information.) The penalty for this violation will apply only to the applicant who commits the violation if he/she has requested to be the needy caretaker relative. The needy caretaker relative shall be excluded from the assistance unit at least until the penalty period is served. Then the needy caretaker can request to be added to the case. The needy caretaker will be referred to TWP at the time he/she is added to the TANF case, unless he/she meets a work program exemption. In an ongoing TANF case, the penalty will apply to the entire assistance unit regardless of whether the person who committed the violation is a parent or other needy caretaker relative. The assistance unit will be ineligible for TANF benefits until the appropriate TWP penalty period is served and he/she complies with the work program requirement or becomes exempt from the work program. The penalty months for an application always includes the month of application plus the two or six full calendar months, whichever is applicable, following the month of application. 3931