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24.3, Refugee Cash Assistance – Qualifying Documents: This section has been updated to state that an I-94 has to indicate “Refugee”, but does not have to be stamped with ‘Refugee’, per section 207 or Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). 24.4.5 (2), RCA Eligibility Process and Forms: This section has been updated to state that a copy of the Department of Homeland Security or USCIS document verifying the parole or Asylum status must be sent with the DSS 1324 to the Refugee Employment Service Provider, Lutheran Services, or World Relief when referring Cuban and Haitian Entrants or Asylees for Work registration.

Per directive from Executive Management, Home Visits are no longer required. Therefore, all references to Home Visits have been removed throughout the TANF Manual.

Section 10.5, State Social Service Agencies (The National Directory of Contacts), has been removed from the TANF Manual. It is now located on the Intranet and can be accessed by clicking on the Program Area heading, the County Operations tab and the Contact List tab or click on the link below: https://unite/CountyOperations/Shared%20Documents/Contact%20Lists/National%20Director y%20of%20Contact.pdf

Telephone and Face-to-Face Interviews have been replaced throughout the TANF Manual to Telephone Hearing.

SNAP2Work and FSE&T have been replaced throughout the TANF Manual to SNAP E&T.

TANF Manual Attachments (Case Review Guide; Determining Participation Weeks for PATS; Family Independence, Employment, Component & Activity Codes; WTA Budget Sheet; Calculation of RCA Benefit Amount for Initial Month) have been updated and can be found on Page 1 of the Manual. _________________________________________________________________ Volume 44 | 09.01.17 ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3.4, Living with Relatives: This section has been updated to clarify that in order to receive TANF, a child must live with a “first” cousin or first cousin once removed, and to remove, “This list is not all inclusive”.

4.1 , Residency Requirement: This section has been updated to remove information that in order receive benefits, the benefit group (BG) must be certified by the county in which it resides.