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Division of Welfare and Supportive Services A-1000 Eligibility and Payments Manual TANF CASH PROGRAMS 01 May 15 MTL 01/15 INTRODUCTION OF TANF CASH PROGRAMS TANF Cash Programs

1000 INTRODUCTION OF TANF CASH PROGRAMS

The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program recognizes family situations vary and the approach for some to meet their immediate and ongoing needs may be different. Nevada provides both assistance and non-assistance programs.

Each TANF application is evaluated with the household using Form #2136 “Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Cash Benefit Programs” to determine the category they wish to apply for. The family has the final decision which program they wish to apply for.

1010 ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

The New Employees of Nevada (NEON) and the Child-Only programs are the two Nevada TANF cash assistance programs. TANF cash assistance is defined as cash payments provided to cover a family’s ongoing basic needs such as food, shelter, clothing, etc.

1010.1 New Employees of Nevada (TANF/NEON) Program

The NEON program is a work program for households containing work-eligible individuals. The household must meet the requirements established in the Personal Responsibility Plan. Refer to manual section A-800 for work-eligible determination.

1010.2 Child-Only Program

This program is designed for households who do not have a work-eligible individual. The adults do not receive assistance either due to their ineligibility (COS & COA) or because the caregiver is not the child’s parent (Relative Caregiver) and not requesting assistance for themselves (CON & COK).

Categories of Child-Only households include:

 Ineligible Adult(s) Child Only Citizen (COA)  SSI Adult relative caregiver (COS)  Relative caregiver (CON)  Kinship care relative caregiver (COK)

Child-Only COS, CON and COK cases must be registered in the system with the youngest child as the Head of Household (HOH).