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A-2415 Division of Welfare and Supportive Services TANF TIME LIMITS Eligibility and Payments Manual FEDERAL AND NEVADA EXCEPTIONS OF TIME LIMITS 17 Jul 01 MTL 04/17 2415 FEDERAL AND NEVADA EXCEPTIONS OF TIME LIMITS

The following exceptions are not considered in the Federal or Nevada time limit counts:

 Battered non-citizens who entered the U.S. on or after August 22, 1996 and have not served a five year bar will receive Nevada state-funded (MOE) TANF cash assistance. Once the five year bar is served, cases must be transferred from MOE to federal TANF, if otherwise eligible. (Refer to A-400);  Any month in which the recipient lives in Indian country or an Alaskan native village with an adult unemployment rate of at least 50%. Refer to TANF Charts/Part C-190 for a list of tribal lands with a 50% unemployment rate.  Child-Only cases because an adult household member does not receive benefits for themselves.  Any months (effective October 1, 1999), recipients did not receive benefits (i.e., benefit amount is under $10 and benefits are not issued, or the benefit amount is reduced to zero to recover an overpayment).  Individuals ineligible for TANF due to felony drug-related conviction.  Support services provided for pre-eligibility work activities.

2420 HARDSHIP

All TANF cases reaching state and federal time limits are to be reviewed by the Hardship Committee in each district office for possible extensions to the 24- or 60- month rules. The Hardship Committee is made up of the Employment and Training/ NEON and Social Work Supervisors in each district office. Should a supervisor need assistance, a designee may be appointed by the Chief, Employment and Supportive Services.

NOTE: For households eligible for ERP, an automatic hardship will be granted if state or federal time limits have been exhausted in order to allow continuation of ERP benefits through the full six months (Refer to manual section A-800).

2421 Granting a Hardship to Federal and State Time Limits

The Personal Responsibility and Work Reconciliation Act of 1996 imposes a 20% limit of the average TANF caseload on the number of households allowed an exemption from the federal 60-month lifetime limit on receipt of TANF benefits. Households with hardships will be monitored through the OASIS system Hardship Tracking report.

The district office Hardship Committee members, on behalf of the division, may determine the head of household to be suffering from a hardship after considering the input from the Hardship Committee.

The decision of district office Hardship Committee members is final and not subject to appeal.