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11 of the client. These agreements include, but are not limited to, those with the Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services, Department of Health and Environmental Control, Department of Commerce, Department of Employment and Workforce, Commission on Higher Education, Department of Education (inclusive of local school districts), Department of Mental Health, Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, and the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education.
2.3 Indian Tribes Indians living in the State who are tribal members will be treated as residents of the State and are subject to the same eligibility criteria as any other resident.
2.4 Statewideness The State will conduct the TANF Program, designed to serve all political subdivisions in the State (not necessarily in a uniform manner) to provide assistance and/or services to needy families with children, in all 46 counties of South Carolina. Activities of these offices related to the TANF program include accepting and processing applications for assistance, conducting reviews and redeterminations of eligibility and managing a program of work activities and requirements.
2.4.1 Program Requirements Program operating guidelines which include all policies, procedures, etc., for the determination of initial and continued eligibility will be issued to the county offices by DSS State Office as needed. Such operating guidelines contained in department program manuals or other correspondence is binding on the county offices. Financial thresholds are provided in Attachment A.
Eligibility rules of the DSS will be uniformly applied in all cases in a county. The determination of need and amount of assistance for all applicants and recipients will be made on an objective and equitable basis and all types of income and potential income will be taken into consideration in the same way except where otherwise specifically authorized by State or Federal law or as stated in program operating guidelines issued by DSS.
To be eligible for TANF cash assistance a family must meet the following conditions: (1) Be U.S. citizens or meet certain alien requirements outlined in the TANF Manual, Chapter 4. (2) Be residents of South Carolina. (3) Be in need according to agency financial standards, see Attachment A. (4) The adult/teen parent must be related, within a specified degree, to a dependent child(ren) under the age of 18 living in the household.