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VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES SPECIAL INCOME DETERMINATIONS

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G. WAGES HELD BY AN EMPLOYER

Wages held by an employer at the request of the employee will count as income to the household for the month the wages would otherwise have been paid by the employer. Wages held by the employer as a general practice will not count as income to the household even if it is in violation of law. Held wages will count if the household expects to ask for and receive an advance, or expects to receive income from wages that the employer previously held as a general practice.

This income will count if the BPS did not previously count the income.

Advances on wages count as income in the month received only if the BPS can reasonably anticipate the receipt of the income as defined in Part XIII.A.3. Conversely, when an employer withholds wages to repay an advance that previously counted as income in a SNAP determination, the wages withheld will not count as income.

H. TRANSITIONAL BENEFITS FOR FORMER TANF RECIPIENTS

Transitional Benefits allow SNAP benefits to continue in a frozen amount for a brief period while former TANF recipients adjust financially to the loss of the TANF-related income. References to TANF in this chapter also refer to View Transitional Payments. At any time during the Transitional Benefits period, the household may reapply and receive regular SNAP benefits. The Transitional Benefits component does not apply to Diversionary Assistance cases.

1. Transitional Benefits Eligibility

Transitional Benefits will apply to any SNAP case if at least one household member is the Case Name or Payee for a TANF case that closed. When a TANF case closes, the BPS must convert the SNAP case to Transitional Benefits unless:

• the SNAP household is ineligible for Transitional Benefits, as listed below;

• the household requests to remain in the regular program; or

• the household requests closure of the SNAP case.

Transitional Benefits will not apply when:

• there is no active case certified to receive SNAP benefits at the time of the action to close the TANF case; • the TANF case is closed or there is no TANF payment because of noncompliance with TANF Program rules when: • there is a sanction or disqualification of the TANF benefits; • the household requests closure of a TANF case that is already being sanctioned because of noncompliance; • the household preempts the implementation of a sanction or disqualification by requesting closure of the TANF case; or

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