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A-2411.1 Division of Welfare and Supportive Services TANF TIME LIMITS Eligibility and Payments Manual When Time Limits are Applied 17 Jul 01 MTL 04/17 BACKGROUND

2411.1 When Time Limits are Applied

Time limits are applied to:

 Nevada’s TANF/NEON, ERP, and/or Loan Program;  Any TANF benefits received from other states;  A household (effective January 1998) in which a minor parent is/was the head of

household for their own case; and  Any months in which a recipient lived in Indian country or an Alaskan native

village with an adult unemployment rate of less than 50%.

Note: The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California (WTNC) does not meet the adult unemployment rate of less than 50%; therefore, any month an adult household member received Tribal TANF benefits must be considered in the time limit counts. Enter Tribal TANF months on the adult member’s time limit screen (MEMB>TLMT).

2411.2 When Time Limits are Not Applied

Time limits do NOT apply to:

 Child-Only Programs because an adult household member does not receive benefits;  Nevada’s  Self-Sufficiency Grant (SSG) and/or  Temporary (TEMP) Program

2412 Federal Time Limits

A household may not receive from Nevada or any other state more than 60 months of TANF cash benefits.

A TANF/NEON, ERP, and/or Loan household in which any adult member (this includes a minor parent who is/was the head of household for their own case) received TANF benefits from Nevada or any other state for 60 months, regardless of whether consecutive or cumulative, is prohibited from receiving TANF/NEON, Loan or SSG cash benefits, unless the head of household is granted a hardship extension.

2413 Nevada Time Limits

In addition to the federal lifetime limits implemented by Nevada January 1, 1997, Nevada established policy effective January 1, 1998 of how the 60-months lifetime limit benefits would be received.