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Division of Welfare and Supportive Services A-2400 Eligibility and Payments Manual TANF TIME LIMITS 13 Nov 01 MTL 13/05 BACKGROUND
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The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996, also known as the 1996 Welfare Reform Act, became law effective August 22, 1996. This comprehensive legislation changed the nation’s welfare system into one requiring work in exchange for time-limited cash assistance. It created the federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) Program, which replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). The TANF program imposed a cumulative 60-month lifetime limit on the receipt of cash assistance, including TANF received from other states.
PRWORA provided states the authority to establish and implement the federal 60- months federal lifetime limits.
Nevada implemented the 60-months federal lifetime limit January 1, 1997, while other states’ TANF programs may have started before or after January 1, 1997. Beginning January 1, 1998, Nevada established policy of how the 60-months lifetime limits would be received.
Effective January 1, 1998, federal regulation required that a household in which a minor parent who is/was the head of household for their own case are limited to receiving TANF benefits, whether consecutive or cumulative, from Nevada or any other state for 60-months.
Effective October 1, 1999, TANF time limits do not apply to any month a recipient did not receive cash benefits due to the $10 limit, or the benefit amount is reduced to zero to recover an overpayment.
Nevada implemented the Loan Program effective October 1, 2007 as a result of the “Deficit Reduction Act (DRA)”. Nevada implemented policy regulations to mirror the TANF/NEON time limits for any months an adult member received Loan cash benefits beginning October 1, 2007.
Although federal and state time limits are very stringent, benefits may be received beyond the state or federal time limits if the head of household is suffering from a qualifying hardship.
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