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VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

TANF MANUAL

SECTION 201

NONCOOPERATION PENALTY CALCULATION 7/22 APPENDIX X, Page 3

Example 4:

A family residing in a Group III locality is composed of the mother, father, and their three children. A child by a previous relationship of the mother enters the home. The mother does not cooperate, without good cause, in providing information about the child's father. The child's needs are added to the payment; however, the mother's needs must be removed. Calculation of the revised benefits is as follows:

Step (1) Calculate reduction by removing caretaker's needs:

$861.00 Maximum payment - SOA for 6 persons exceeds maximum

-811.00 SOA for 5 persons

$50.00 Amount of SOA reduction

Step (2) Calculate 25% reduction:

.25 X $861 = $215.25

Step (3) Calculate additional penalty amount:

$215.25 25% reduction

- 50.00 SOA reduction

$165.25 Additional penalty amount

Step (4) Net payment calculation:

$811.00 SOA for 5 persons/Payment amount

-165.25 Additional penalty

$645.75 Net payment

$645.00 Actual payment amount

Example 5:

A family consists of the mother and two children. Assistance is being provided only for the children because the mother has failed to apply for or furnish a Social Security number for herself. The Eligibility Worker is notified of the mother's failure to cooperate with DCSE, without good cause. The family resides in a Group III locality and has no countable income. Calculate the revised payment amount as follows:

Step (1) Calculate reduction by removing caretaker's needs:

This step is not applicable since the mother's needs have already been removed from the payment for failure to comply in meeting the SSN requirement.

$489.00 SOA for 2 persons

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