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TANF POLICY MANUAL

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1. Proration of Initial Month The benefit amount for the initial month is prorated from the date of application. Proration also applies to individuals added to the budget. If the prorated benefit amount is less than $10, no benefit will be paid.

2. Manual Proration Calculation To calculate the prorated amount manually, use the formula below:

Prorated Benefit Equals (# of days in application month + 1) (- application date) (x full TANF benefit amount) (divided by # of days in application month) Example:

8.15 Need Standard Table The gross income limit, need standard and payment standard for TANF are revised each October 1st to reflect the annual adjustment to the Federal Poverty Guidelines. The current figures are prescribed in the table below.

Number in Benefit Group Annual Federal Poverty Guidelines 2025 Monthly Federal Poverty Guidelines 200% Monthly Federal Poverty Guidelines Need Standard (50% of poverty) Gross Income Limit (185% of Need) Payment Standard (40.46% of Need with no income) 1 $15,650 $1304 $2608 $652 $1206 $263 2 $21,150 $1762 $3524 $881 $1629 $356 3 $26,650 $2220 $4440 $1110 $2053 $449 4 $32,150 $2679 $5358 $1339 $2477 $541 5 $37,650 $3137 $6274 $1568 $2900 $634 6 $43,150 $3595 $7190 $1797 $3324 $727 7 $48,650 $4054 $8108 $2027 $3749 $820 8 $54,150 $4512 $9024 $2256 $4173 $912 NOTE: For family sizes over 8, $229 is added to the need standard for each additional person. To determine the Gross Income Limit, multiply the Need Standard by 1.85 and drop the cents. To determine Payment Standard, multiply the Need Standard by .4046 and drop the cents.

NOTE: To be eligible, the BG must pass the gross income test and not exceed the need standard for the number of persons in the BG after budgeting earned income disregards.

Application date 10/08/2024 (31 days in October) 31+1= 32 32-8 (application date) = 24 24x344 (full TANF benefit amount for 2 persons) = 8256 8256 divided by 31(# days in month of application) = 266 $266 is the prorated amount for initial month