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Nevada TANF State Plan P ag e | 19 Effective: December 31, 2023

▪ Full-time employment is employment with a weekly average of 30 hours or more. • Change in school attendance of a child age 16 or older; and • Any other changes or anticipated changes that may affect eligibility. Budgeting The period of time covered by the payment month is a calendar month. Proration of the amount payable for the month of application is based on a 30-day standard. Prospective budgeting is used for all applicants/recipients to compute the assistance payment using the best estimate of income that will exist in the payment month. This estimate is based on the Division’s knowledge of past and current circumstances. Actual income received from the first day of the application month to date of the interview and income that can be reasonably anticipated for future pay periods is budgeted. The Division anticipates income using the best available information. If income is ongoing, but amounts fluctuate, income may be averaged from past pay periods. 2.8 Protective Payments for Dependent Children The Division may select a protective payee to receive and manage the TANF payment if the caregiver is not using the TANF payments for the children’s benefit. A social worker will review the household circumstances and work with the case manager and caregiver to establish a protective payee. Investigation and Recovery staff may assist with the investigation of the household situation if a social worker is not available. The situation requiring a protective payee is reevaluated at each review of eligibility. 2.9 Services to Families from Other States The state does not treat families moving into Nevada differently than in-state families under TANF; however, DWSS does ensure that it does not provide duplicate assistance if the family still receives benefit services in the previous state. 2.10 Non-Citizen Eligibility The state provides TANF to qualified non-citizens who arrived in the country before August 22, 1996. The state complies with federal law which requires a 5-year bar on TANF benefits for qualified status except those immigrants that are refugees, asylees, Cuban/Haitian entrants, those granted withholding of deportation, victims of severe forms of trafficking, those that are Armed Forces veterans or on active duty including their spouses/domestic partners, unmarried dependent children, and certain Amerasian immigrants. Qualified battered non-citizens that entered the U.S. on or after August 22, 1996 and have not been in qualified status for 5 years will receive a state-funded (SSP) TANF cash benefit if otherwise eligible. Once the 5-year bar is served, benefits are paid with federal TANF funds if otherwise eligible.