TANF and TP 08

If a child support noncooperation is received on … and the household does not have good cause, then … a denied EDG in a TANF cash benefit month, TIERS identifies the noncooperation; and sends Form TF0001, Notice of Case Action, advising the household of the noncooperation and how to cooperate. Note: If the household fails to cooperate by the last calendar day of the second month, the household will be subject to pay for performance requirements when they reapply for TANF. a denied case in a non-TANF cash benefit month, no action is required. an active TANF or TP 08 EDG, the month after the child is no longer in the home, and the noncooperation date is after the date the child was removed from the EDG, no further action is required. an EDG already sanctioned for a child support noncooperation on a different absent parent, TIERS sends Form TF0001 advising the household of the noncooperation and how to cooperate. Note: The OAG will not issue Form H1701 , Child Support, TANF Foster Care and TANF/Medicaid Case Information Exchange, until the individual cures all noncooperations. an active TP 08 EDG, TIERS denies the noncooperating adult's TP 08 EDG. an active EDG and the child receives SSI, a TANF-SP EDG with a child in the household who is deprived due to the absence of a parent, an active TANF cash EDG and the individual and absent parent have reconciled and are in the home together, or an active TP 08 EDG and the individual and absent parent have reconciled and are in the home together, refer to A-2140, Full-Family Sanction, to impose a full-family sanction. If the household fails to cure the noncooperation before the last day of the second noncooperation month, they will need to reapply under pay for performance. TIERS denies the noncooperating adult's TP 08 EDG.

Note: The advisor must determine whether the individual has good cause for not cooperating with child support requirements using policy in A-1130 , Explanation of Good Cause. If the individual has good cause, the advisor should not impose a full-family sanction.