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If a client who is approved for a VTP appeals the TANF case closure and requests that the TANF payment be reinstated during the appeal, the VTP will be stopped. In the event that the client would like to continue participating in VIEW during the appeal and no VTP payments have been issued, the VTP will be closed, and the TANF/VIEW or TANF-UP/VIEW case reinstated. Reinstatement of the VIEW case will allow the ESW to then reopen the previous ESP enrollment. If the client loses the appeal and the TANF/VIEW or TANF-UP/VIEW case is closed, the EW will again evaluate eligibility for a VTP following VTP guidelines. If the client is eligible for VTP, the 12-month VTP eligibility period will begin the month after the second TANF/VIEW or TANF-UP/VIEW case closure.

If a client who is approved for VTP relocates to another locality in Virginia, the agency will transfer the VTP case. The Eligibility Worker in the receiving agency will determine if the client will continue to meet all of the VTP eligibility requirements after she relocates. If the client will no longer be eligible for VTP, the EW will send the client a Notice of Action regarding the VTP case closure.

2. When to open and close a VTP

a) VTP should be opened when:

1. the client is in VIEW at TANF case closure; 2. the TANF case is closed for any reason, except when no eligible children are in the home, or when the renewal has not been submitted and completed by the 30th day after the renewal end date, or when the agency is unable to locate the client; 3. the VIEW participant is employed an average of 30 hours or more per week; 4. the VIEW client is earning the minimum wage or higher; 5. the VIEW participant is not in a sanction or referred for sanction at case closure.

b) VTP must be closed when:

1. the client reapplies for TANF; 2. the VTP recipient fails to provide verification of employment by the last day in month six of the VTP period; 3. there are no eligible children in the home, including a child who is ineligible due to truancy; Note: If the only eligible child(ren) in the home at the time the TANF case closed reaches the age of 18 (or has already reached the age of 18, but had remained eligible for TANF because he/she was enrolled and attending a secondary school or vocational/technical school of secondary equivalency) during the VTP period, the caretaker’s eligibility for VTP will not be affected; 4. the worker is unable to locate the client; 5. the client requests closure of the VTP; 6. the client is no longer working or client’s hours decrease to less than 30 hours per week. 7. the client’s wages decrease to less than the minimum wage; 8. the VTP recipient moves to another locality that is not in Virginia; or 9. the twelve-month VTP period ends.

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