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____________________________________________________________________________________ Volume 49 | January 1, 2019 (Cont’d) _____________________________________________________________________________________ 2.6 Disposition of Application: This section has been updated to provide a link to an exception.

2.8 Accrual Rights: This section has been updated to include the definition of accrual rights, and to clarify how accrual rights apply to BGs in different situations.

2.9 Benefit Use: This section has been updated to include federal restrictions to prevent TANF funds from being used in any electronic benefit transaction in a liquor store, casino or other gambling establishment, and certain adult-oriented entertainment.

4.4 (3) Citizenship Requirement (Qualified Non-Citizen Eligibility): This section has been revised to clarify that Lawful Permanent Residents must have worked 40 qualifying quarters in addition to meeting the 5-year residency requirement from the date of entry.

7.7 Sources of Income: This section has been updated to clarify the amount of Social Security benefits counted regardless if the representative payee lives in or out of the home.

8.8 (6) Earned Income/Self-Employment (Allowable Self-employment costs): This section has been updated to reflect that the lists of allowable and non-allowable self-employment costs are not all inclusive. A link to IRS Business Expenses Publication 535 has been added to allowable expenses.

9.4 (1) Failure to Comply with Interview (Good Cause/Missing Interview): This section has been updated to clarify the reason why a Benefit Group (BG) may be granted good cause for missing a TANF Redetermination interview.

12.5 EMPR Codes for Work Programs: This section has been updated to clarify that a single parent personally responsible for the care of a child under age one (“PW”) may be excluded from the TANF Participation Rate for 12 months in a lifetime and cannot be sanctioned for non- participation.

15.1 (1) Federal Participation Rate Requirements (Families Included in the All-Family Participation Rate): This section has been updated to clarify that although a single parent personally responsible for the care of a child under age one (“PW”) may be excluded from the TANF Participation Rate for 12 months in a lifetime, he/she is expected to participate in the TANF Work Program for 20 hours per week. However, he/she cannot be sanctioned for non-participation.

15.2 Legal Cause Criteria for TANF Work Program Participation: This section has been updated to clarify that a single parent personally responsible for the care of a child under one may be excluded from the TANF Participation Rate for 12 months in a lifetime and cannot be sanctioned for non- participation.

18.2 Legal Cause Criteria for TANF Work Program: This section has been updated to clarify that a single parent personally responsible for the care of a child under one will always be coded “PW” on the CHIP EMPR screen unless they are a Young Custodial Parent (YCP).