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12 Months Disqualification • second offense, or • offense is between $1,000 and $3,900

18 Months Disqualification • third offense, or • offense is greater than $3,900

5 Year Disqualification • any subsequent offense

16. The benefits which would otherwise be available to a household must be reduced pro- rata for each individual in the household who willfully and without good cause fails or refuses to comply with work requirements and activities. PA recipients who do not comply with employment requirements are subject to the sanctions as outlined below: Instance Number Individuals living outside a city with a population of one million or more Individuals living in a city with a population of one million or more 1st instance Sanction lasts until compliance Sanction lasts until compliance 2nd instance

Sanction lasts 90 days (3 months) and thereafter until compliance Sanction lasts until compliance 3rd instance or greater Sanction lasts 180 days (6 months) and thereafter until compliance Sanction lasts until compliance

17. Individual development accounts may be established by or on behalf of individuals eligible for PA for post-secondary education, first home purchase, or business capitalization. Contributions to accounts may be made from the disregarded portion of the reported earned income, and such accounts are exempt from the resource limits for as long as the funds are held in the account or used for one of the above reasons. The funds may be matched by a not-for-profit organization or districts acting in conjunction with a not-for-profit organization. However, neither the State nor districts will be required to match contributions or administer the accounts. 18. The State of New York, under Section 121 of the NYS Welfare Reform Act of 1997, elects to exempt all individuals from the application of subsection (a) of Section 115 of PRWORA of 1996. 19. The Child Assistance Program (CAP) may be made available statewide as a local district optional component of the State’s FA (TANF-funded) program. CAP eligibility is limited to FA custodial parents who possess a child support order for each child participating in the program, unless the custodial parents do not possess a child support order because: i. the absent parent is deceased;