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Example 6: Client receives TANF for herself and three children. The client has cycled in and out of TANF/VIEW and reaches her 24-month and 60- month limits. If the children go to live with their father or any relative, no one can receive TANF for the children during the two year period of ineligibility due to the VIEW limit. Note: The client may become eligible to receive TANF assistance again during the two year period of ineligibility due to the VIEW limit if she becomes totally disabled or becomes needed on a substantially continuous basis to care for a disabled family member who is living in the household.

Example 7: Mr. and Mrs. X are in the same AU and each has 30 months on the 60-month clock. Mr. X moves out and does not receive TANF while he is gone. When Mr. X moves back in with Mrs. X, she has 50 months on her clock. Ten months later, the TANF case is closed because Mrs. X reaches the 60-month lifetime limit on her clock. Mr. X has 40 months on his 60-month clock at the time of the TANF case closure.

Subsequently Mr. X moves out, taking one of the children with him. He applies for TANF for himself and the child. The TANF application will be approved if all other TANF eligibility criteria are met. Mr. X may remain eligible until he has accumulated 60 months on his 60-month clock.

H. Eligibility Beyond the 60-month Limit - An assistance unit may be eligible to receive additional months of TANF assistance beyond the 60-month time limit when either:

1) the caretaker (both caretakers in a two-parent TANF household) is totally physically or mentally disabled (according to a Medical Evaluation 032-03-0654 completed by a medical professional which shows that the client is unable to work 20 hours or more per week) and is not able to be self-supporting due to the disability; or

2) the caretaker is needed on a substantially continuous basis to care for a family member who is living in the household. (The family member does not have to be included on the TANF payment.) The family member must have a verified physical or mental disability and must have caretaking needs that prevent the caregiver from being self-supporting. These “caretaking needs” include the need for attendance, supervision, and home care, and other needs related to the family member’s disability. A medical professional must complete a Statement of Required Presence of Caregiver form (032- 03-0020) to verify the family member’s condition, and the need for the caregiver to be available on a substantially continuous basis. If the disabled family member is out of the home for substantial portions of the day, the caregiver will not be considered to be needed on a substantially continuous basis. Additionally, if the caregiver is employed outside of the home, the caregiver will not be considered to be needed to care for the disabled individual on a substantially continuous basis. In both of these situations, the TANF benefits will not be extended beyond the 60th month.

Note: At any time after case closure for receipt of 60 months of benefits, the assistance unit may reapply.

See Appendix IV for instructions on continuing assistance beyond the sixty-month clock.

The total disability of the caretaker (as defined in H.1 above) or the need for the caretaker to act as a caregiver for a disabled family member living in the household (as defined in H.2 above) must be re-evaluated based on new verification at the end of the anticipated duration as originally noted on the medical form. If the duration indicated on the form is for more than 12 months, or is identified as permanent, a new form must be obtained every 12 months. If the medical form is incomplete, the eligibility worker must contact the medical professional to obtain the missing information before acting on the medical. The medical exam for which a medical evaluation is based, must have been conducted no more than 90 days prior to the date the medical professional signs the form. Note: For the caretaker acting as a caregiver for a disabled family member living in the household, a task and reminder to obtain a new medical form must be set 30 days prior to the end of the anticipated duration as noted on the medical form or every 12 months, whichever occurs first.

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