Appendix H: MPP Program Overview

Maximizing Participation Project (MPP) is an Extended TANF eligibility track for certain ETANF adults who :

Are exempt from RESET due to a verified temporary (more than 90 days) or permanent physical or mental disability as determined by a Medical Assessment Form (MAF) ( PA 635 ); or

Previously received ETANF in Deferral Hardship Track 3 and was unable to resolve barriers to participation and have demonstrated a pattern of being terminated from E&T programs with good cause due to these barriers.

C ertain ETANF adults must agree to enroll with a DHS contractor who provides MPP services, cooperate with a Work Capacity Assessment (WCA), cooperate with MPP requirements, and cooperate with the MPP Service Plan if they want to receive ETANF for themselves and their family.

Cooperation with MPP requirements is mandatory for the ETANF adult who meets one of the criteria for this track. MPP focuses on the needs and barriers of the entire family. The primary goal of MPP is to help ETANF adults become economically independent and set goals by providing services and encouragement that will help the family remediate or stabilize barriers that may hinder them from achieving self-sufficiency. This is accomplished through appropriate assessments, evaluations, services, and activities.

There is no maximum number of months an ETANF adult may be eligible in MPP.