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1000.5 LIMITATIONS ON THE RECEIPT OF TANF BENEFITS

A. The Two-Year VIEW Time Limit

TANF recipients who are required to participate in VIEW are subject to a two-year limit on receipt of TANF benefits. Once 24 months of benefits have been received, the client is ineligible to receive TANF benefits again until 24 months from the date of the TANF case closure. The months of TANF assistance that count toward the two-year time limit are recorded by the ESW on the 24-month VIEW clock. Months of participation in the TANF employment programs of other states are not counted on the 24-month clock.

1) The two-year time limitation for receipt of TANF benefits begins the first of the month after the date the Agreement of Personal Responsibility is signed. The VIEW status of the TANF recipient on the first of each month determines if the month will count toward the two- year period.

2) The months in which the participant meets any of the following conditions on the first of the month will not count toward the two-year time period:

a) she is exempt from VIEW;

b) she does not have an open VIEW supplement, for reasons other than sanction;

c) she is assigned to inactive.

3) The months in which the participant meets any of the following conditions on the first of the month will count toward the two-year time period:

a) she is assigned to pending;

b) she is assigned to an active component (this will also apply if she is assigned to an active component at any time during the month AND was already enrolled in VIEW but not assigned to Inactive on the first day of the month);

c) she is sanctioned;

d) her TANF benefits are continuing due to an appeal;

e) she is employed at the time the case transfers from another locality and is receiving the VIEW enhanced disregard.

B. The Five-Year Federal Life Time Limit

Sixty months is the federal lifetime limit to receive TANF. The 60-month clock is based on months for which the client received TANF cash assistance. (See 201.1.G for a list of individuals who have 60-month clocks despite being removed or excluded from the TANF assistance unit.) The 60- month clock works independently of the VIEW clock. The 60-month clock advances for each month a TANF payment is issued including months when a client is in an Inactive status. The 60-month clock will not advance during any TANF suspension including a VIEW sanction. All months of TANF assistance that a client received in another state must be determined and counted on the 60-month clock. Transmittal 65