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812 Chapter 4:Working with families • Section 6: Child support programs (07/2026) ODHS ends TANF benefits when ongoing monthly support, either by itself or with other ongoing income (not including any amount of child support pass through and disregard), exceeds the monthly benefit amount, unless there is reason to believe ongoing support will not continue (such as if the absent parent has just become unemployed). TANF benefits must end no later than the end of the third consecutive month. When the monthly court-ordered support amount (not including the amount of child support pass through and disregard) is for less than the monthly benefit amount, but a support payment is received by OCSP includes support arrears that exceeds the benefit amount and this support payment is not anticipated to continue, consider the payment to include a one-time payment on support arrearage. If the support that includes arrears exceeds the benefit amount and are anticipated to continue the arrears sent to the participant is considered countable unearned income. When TANF benefits are ending because support payments to OCSP are exceeding the TANF income standards, ODHS will inform the participant that OCSP will send future support payments directly to the participant. Child support disregard and pass-through Disregard and pass-through Disregard means child support, up to $50 per dependent child or minor parent per financial group per month. It is not to exceed $200 per financial group per month and is not counted as participant income. Disregard includes current child support only. Pass-through means child support intended for a TANF participant, up to $50 per dependent child or minor parent per financial group per month and not to exceed $200 per financial group per month. This amount is sent to the participant before any remaining amount of current child support is kept by the state. Pass-through includes current child support only. Pass-through entered into the ONE system is not counted as income when determining ongoing TANF eligibility and benefits. TANF applicants and participants Single-parent applicants have to assign their rights to child support to the state. Disregard, but not pass-through, applies to single-parent applicants because the state does not withhold child support until TANF is open. The only months in which a single parent household (not in SFPSS or JOBS Plus) receive a disregard is in the initial month of application, at renewal and when eligibility is being redetermined in the middle of a certification period. Single-parent participants will receive a pass-through of $50.00 per dependent child or minor parent per month not to exceed $200.00 per financial group per month. Pass-through only includes current child support. Pass- through entered into the ONE system is not counted as income when determining ongoing TANF eligibility and benefits. Certain caretaker relatives, including needy and non-needy caretaker relatives: IIn the case of a caretaker relative other than the parent on a child support case where the child named in the child support order does not reside in the parent’s home, the following is the process by which the pass-through is redirected to the needy or non-needy caretaker: • If the child support case already has a joinder (which means the needy or non-needy caretaker has been