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Chapter 3: Household Income Rev. 8/2012 5 Disqualification from TANF/Tribal TANF ACCESS Mems panel – Spec. Disq.: “W” for 100% sanctions and "I" for the others. Screen shot 1-Accessing the mems panel

Screen shot 2- Work Sanction and Voluntary quit/reduction of hours

Examples: a.) Household applied for energy assistance on November 3rd, The SNAP household members match the LIEAP household but not everyone is receiving the benefit. You find on the narrative that one of the adults has been excluded from receiving SNAP benefits due to a work sanction. On that individuals mems panel is code 28. This household is still categorically eligible because the income of the sanctioned individual was considered when determining the SNAP benefit. SNAP case shows 1250.65 wages and 250.00 child support. Income used for energy assistance case and entered on the INCO panel totals $4,501 CASE#1 Wages - 1250.65 x 3 = 3751.95 Child support – 250.00 x 3 = 750.00 Household applied for energy assistance and has six current household members, five of the This screen indicates this individual has been sanctioned- Code 28. If this area has Code 30 that indicates Voluntary quit/reduction of hours. To access the “mems” panel, from the stat panel you would type mems.XX in the command for the member you want and enter. Example: for member.01 in the command type mems.01 in the command and enter-this is the panel that has the codes for excluded households.