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Nevada TANF State Plan P a g e | 2 9 Effective December 31, 2020

• Displacement complaint procedures are included in literature shared with TANF recipients and associated agencies/organizations including how an individual can register a complaint. • Displacement information is included in TANF state plan public hearings, public presentations to employers, and written literature to employers. • Written complaints are referred to the Division Administrator and hearing officer. Records are kept of any complaint and resolutions. • The allegation is investigated to ensure the local office followed appropriate placement procedures. • The local office manager works with the complainant and employer to try to reach a resolution. • If an informal resolution cannot be reached, a hearing is held following the Division’s normal hearing procedures. 5. TIME LIMITS AND SANCTIONS 5.1 Time Limits Effective October 1, 2011, a household with a work-eligible individual that receives TANF-NEON and/or TANF-LOAN for 24 months, regardless of whether those months are consecutive or cumulative, is prohibited from receiving additional benefits for 12 consecutive months unless the work-eligible individual is suffering from a hardship. Exceptions: • The household may receive benefits for not more than 6 additional months if the Administrator or the Administrator’s designee determines that providing benefits will significantly increase the likelihood that the work-eligible adult household member will become self-sufficient and not need to apply for benefits in the future. After the additional 6-month period, the household is prohibited from receiving benefits for 12 consecutive months unless the adult work-eligible household member again suffers from a hardship. • A household that qualifies for the Employment Retention Payment (ERP) will be provided a hardship exception in order to receive the entire 6-month extension of support services and the $50 per month payment for the purpose of increasing the likelihood the work-eligible individual will remain employed. A TANF-NEON and/or TANF-LOAN household in which any adult member has received benefits from Nevada or any other state for 60 months, regardless of whether consecutive or cumulative, is prohibited from receiving TANF assistance benefits, unless the work-eligible adult household member is suffering from a hardship. No more than 20% of the average monthly number of families receiving TANF assistance may be exempted from the 60-month time limit due to hardship. Nevada disregards months of TANF-NEON assistance received by an adult while living in Indian Country with a 50% or more unemployment rate.