Item 350 #2c

Item 350 #2c First Year - FY2021 Second Year - FY2022 Health and Human Resources Department of Social Services FY2021 $0 FY2022 $670,476 GF FY2021 $0 FY2022 $7,658,812 NGF

Language Page 420, line 44, strike "$152,429,363" and insert "$160,758,651". Page 423, line 6, after "July 1, 2020", insert: "and ten percent effective July 1, 2021". Page 423, after line 6, insert: "2. The Department of Social Services shall develop a plan to increase the standards of assistance by 10 percent annually until they equal 50 percent of the federal poverty level."

Explanation

(This amendment provides $670,476 from the general fund and $7.7 million from nongeneral funds the second year to increase Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) benefits by ten percent. The general fund amount reflects the increase for the TANF Unemployed Parent program which is state-funded. The General Assembly provided a 15 percent increase beginning July 1, 2020, bringing the average monthly payment for a TANF family to $361. Language requires the Department of Social Services to develop a plan to increase the standards of assistance by 10 percent annually until the standards equal 50 percent of the federal poverty level. TANF eligibility is tied to the monthly cash assistance value. In 1985, a three person family in the City of Richmond could be eligible with net income below 48 percent of the federal poverty level. To qualify now, the family's net income must be less than 30 percent of the federal poverty level.)

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