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• Determined eligible for a limited work participation status due to one of the following qualifying conditions: o An impairment, either temporarily or permanently, as determined by IRU in accordance with Paragraph (1) of Subsection C of 8.102.420 NMAC. o Is the sole provider of the care for an ill or incapacitated person. o Does not have the ability to be gainfully employed because the individual is affected by domestic violence; or o Has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty. • Applicant has an application for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) pending in the application or appeals process;and o Is currently granted a limited participation status because of a temporary or complete disability; or o Was granted a limited participation status because of a temporary or complete disability in the previous twenty-four months. • Applicant has reached the age of 60 by the end of the last month of his or her term limit; or • Is otherwise qualified as defined by the Department.

Excluded from the Lifetime Limit An individual who resides in Indian Country where at least 50% of the adult population is not working shall not have the months of participation in the NMW TANF program counted toward the 60-month lifetime limit. 9.5 SPECIAL RECIPIENT REQUIRMENTS

Age: For purposes of the NMW cash assistance program, a dependent child means a natural or adopted child, stepchild or ward who is seventeen years of age or younger; or an individual who is eighteen years of age and is enrolled in high school. There is no age limit with respect to the inclusion of adults in the benefit group.

School Attendance: To be eligible for inclusion in the NMW benefit group, a dependent child who has not graduated from high school must regularly attend school.

A child who has turned 18 years of age may be included in the benefit group if they comply with school attendance requirements, until the end of the month in which they graduate or the end of the month in which they turn 19, whichever occurs first. A child between the ages of 18 and 21 and receiving special education services regulated by the New Mexico Public Education Department may also be included in the benefit group. A minor unmarried parent who does not have a child under the age of 12 weeks must attend high school full time to obtain a high school diploma or must participate in a GED program full time or participate in approved alternative schooling unless the minor unmarried parent has already graduated from high school or obtained a GED.