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Date of Last Review: 03/11/2024 Effective Date: 04/01/2024 Date of Next Review: 03/11/2027 RDA: SW22 Page 1 of 7 Families First Assistance Units Policy 23.02 Effective: April 1, 2024 Introduction The Tennessee Department of Human Services shall determine which individuals living in the home must be included in an assistance unit. Scope The purpose of this policy is to outline the requirements for constructing the Families First assistance unit. Policy Assistance Unit 1. Construction of the assistance unit (AU) begins with the child(ren) for whom Families First is requested. 2. Children must be within the specified degree of relationship to the applicant. 3. All AU members must be technically eligible as outlined in policy 23.03 Families First Technical Eligibility. 4. Countable income and resources of AU members must be considered as outlined in policies 23.05 Families First Income Eligibility and 23.04 Families First Resource Eligibility. Mandatory Assistance Unit Members Mandatory AU members include the following: 1. The dependent child. 2. The technically eligible whole, half, and/or adopted siblings of the dependent child. 3. The technically eligible parent(s) living in the home with the dependent child. 4. The technically alleged parent in the home. a. The blood relationship to the child must be established. b. An alleged parent cannot be included in the AU of the child has a legal father.