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Division of Welfare and Supportive Services A-2413 Eligibility and Payments Manual TANF TIME LIMITS 17 Jul 01 MTL 04/17 Nevada Time Limits

Provided federal lifetime limits have not been met, Nevada benefits may be paid as follows:

1. The household is limited to receiving whether consecutive or cumulative, a maximum of 24 months of Nevada issued cash assistance. After receiving 24 months, they are prohibited from receiving cash assistance for 12 consecutive months. 2. After not receiving cash assistance for 12 consecutive months, the household may reapply for cash benefits, if eligible, for another 24 months. 3. After not receiving cash assistance for an additional 12 consecutive months, the household may reapply for cash benefits, if eligible, for the final 12 months.

Exception: Benefits may continue if the household has an approved qualifying hardship.

2414 WHEN TIME LIMIT COUNTS BEGIN

Nevada’s TANF/NEON, ERP, and/or Loan cash assistance counts in the month payment is received, rather than for the month the payment was authorized.

Example: Client applies for NEON on April 22 and the case is approved on June 30. The client receives the first cash benefit in July which covers July, as well as a prorated benefit for May and June. Since the benefit for all months was received in July, only July will count toward the time limit.

NOTE: All new TANF/NEON or Loan applications must include a look back at any months an adult household member received TANF LOAN benefits beginning October 1, 2007. The Loan months must be manually added to the TANF TLMT screen.

The total time limit months from NEON, ERP, and/or Loan will be used by NOMADS in determining the federal lifetime and Nevada months for TANF/NEON and/or Loan eligibility. If a new adult household member is added to an existing NEON case, the added individual’s NEON, ERP, and/or Loan months must be evaluated and considered in determining the assistance unit’s continued assistance.

NOTE: Although months in which ERP is received are counted against the time limits, ongoing ERP recipients are exempt from termination based on the time limits having been exhausted. An automatic hardship will be granted in order to allow continuation of ERP benefits through the full six months (Refer to manual section A-800).

NOMADS is the state’s “official” TANF time limit tracking record. Federal and state retention for keeping records is 37 months. Households who dispute the state’s official time limit tracking record must provide proof they did not receive the benefits.