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State of New Hampshire

TANF State Plan

27 New Hampshire State Plan Effective October 2023 Former Policy

Specified Relative – blood relatives and half-blood relatives, including preceding generations to the fourth degree of kinship, specifically: • Father, mother, brother, sister, stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister, grandmother (including great and great-great), grandfather (including great and great-great), uncle (including great and great- great), aunt (including great and great-great); and • Nephew, niece, and first cousin, only. In accordance with federal regulations and state law degrees of kinship do not apply to nephews, nieces, and cousins when determining if the individual meets the definition of specified relative. Therefore, a specified relative would not include, for example, such relations as first cousins once removed, second cousins, grandnephews or grandnieces. • Also included are adoptive parents and their relatives to the same degree as blood relatives, and spouses of any persons named above, even after the marriage has been terminated by death or divorce. New Policy

Specified Relative – blood relatives and half- blood relatives, including preceding generations to the fourth degree of kinship, specifically: • Father, mother, brother, sister, stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister, grandmother (including great and great- great), grandfather (including great and great-great), uncle (including great and great-great), aunt (including great and great-great); and • Nephew, niece, and first cousin, only. In accordance with federal regulations and state law degrees of kinship do not apply to nephews, nieces, and cousins when determining if the individual meets the definition of specified relative. Therefore, a specified relative would not include, for example, such relations as first cousins once removed, second cousins, grandnephews or grandnieces. • Also included are adoptive parents and their relatives to the same degree as blood relatives, and spouses of any persons named above, even after the marriage has been terminated by death or divorce. • Court appointed guardian who provides care and parental control to a dependent child. SR & Effective Date

BFA SR 23-36 Eff: 09/01/23