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VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES TANF MANUAL

SECTION 201

NONCOOPERATION PENALTY CALCULATION 7/22

APPENDIX X, Page 6

Example 7: Continued

Step (3) Calculate additional penalty amount:

$180.75 25% reduction

- 0.00 SOA reduction

$180.75 Additional penalty amount

Step (4) Net payment calculation:

$723.00 SOA for 7 persons ($810) exceeds maximum. Use maximum.

-180.75 Additional penalty

$542.25 Net payment

$542.00 Actual payment amount

Example 8:

A family of four - a mother, her son, her daughter who is a minor caretaker, and the daughter’s baby - apply for TANF. The family resides in a Group II locality and has no countable income. The mother cooperates with DCSE, but her daughter, the minor caretaker, refuses, without good cause, to cooperate in securing support for her child. (Note: The minor caretaker does not claim that the father of the baby is unknown, and so cannot sign the ATL.) She is ineligible to be included on the payment. (See 201.10.C regarding cooperation requirements for a minor caretaker). The mother, son, and the daughter’s baby are eligible for benefits and the payment is calculated as follows:

Step (1) Calculate reduction by removing the minor parent’s needs:

$577.00 SOA for 4 persons

-482.00 SOA for 3 persons

$95.00 Amount of SOA reduction

Step (2) Calculate 25% reduction:

.25 X $577 = $144.25

Step (3) Calculate additional penalty amount:

$144.25 25% reduction

-95.00 SOA reduction

$49.25 Additional penalty amount

Step (4) Net payment calculation:

$482.00 SOA for 3 persons/Payment amount

-49.25 Additional penalty

$432.75 Net payment

$432.00 Actual payment amount

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