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MISSISSIPPI [NON-FINANCIAL CRITERIA: TANF WORK PROGRAM] 3947 until the penalty period has ended and the individual has met compliance or the family meets an exemption. EXAMPLE 2: This situation involves a TANF recipient, with prior TANF Transitional Transportation involvement, who committed a voluntary quit violation on December 20, 2016, without good cause. The violation was reported to the worker on January 15, 20147. The worker will apply the appropriate TWP timed penalty and close the TANF case. This is the individual's third TWP penalty (12- month penalty); therefore, the penalty period will be February 2014 - January 2018. The family will be ineligible until the timed penalty period has been served and the individual who committed the violation has met compliance or the family meets a work program exemption. An application prior to January 15, 208, will be denied. An application received on or after January 15, 2018, will be processed according to ongoing policy. The individual received TANF Transitional Transportation from August 2014 through February 2015 (7 months). The individual has 11 months remaining on the 18-month lifetime maximum allowed to receive transitional transportation. Recipient Households to be Tested A recipient will be disqualified if the individual(s) to be tested meets all of the following conditions: 1. The individual is the parent or needy caretaker relative, and 2. The individual committed the violation while participating in the TANF program; and 3. The violation involved work of at least 20 hours per week or produced earnings in an amount at least equivalent to the Federal minimum wage multiplied by 20 hours; or the hours were permanently reduced for any job of 20 hours; and 4. The violation was without good cause. NOTE: If an assistance unit is already participating when a violation which occurred prior to approval is discovered, the individual will be treated as a recipient and the sanction applied accordingly. Disqualification of Recipient Households

If it is determined that a recipient household is to be disqualified, the household will be sent a notice of adverse action within 10 days after the determination of the violation is made. The disqualification period begins with the first available month following the expiration of the 10 day adverse action period. The disqualification period for recipient households is as follows: