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E. Drug Felons - Repealed effective July 1, 2020.

F. An Individual is Ineligible if He Is: 1) fleeing to avoid prosecution or custody for a felony under the laws of the place from which the individual flees; (Note: To be considered “fleeing” an individual must have knowledge of an outstanding warrant. An individual must have an opportunity to document that he has fulfilled the requirements of the warrant); or 2) fleeing to avoid confinement after conviction for a felony under the laws of the place from which the individual flees; or 3) in violation of a condition of probation or parole imposed under federal or state law.* Note: The individual will regain eligibility once compliance has been verified by the parole, probation officer or the court. If the individual is sentenced to serve time, eligibility will be regained upon completion of time served.

G. Sixty (60) Month Limit on Receipt of TANF - An assistance unit that includes an adult who has received 60 months of assistance under TANF as defined below, is not eligible for assistance.* "An assistance unit that includes an adult" means an assistance unit where the adult's needs are included in the payment or a case where the adult's needs are not included in the payment but the adult is required to participate in VIEW. (See 901.2.) (Note: At the time the adult on the case has received 60 months of TANF assistance, all members of the assistance unit, including minor caretakers included on the case as eligible children, become ineligible. A former minor caretaker who subsequently applies for TANF for herself and her child when she becomes 18 will be the parent on the new case as an eligible adult and the case will be subject to a new 60-month clock.) The 60 months of TANF eligibility is an accumulated period of time. The 60-month clock will reflect each month for which a TANF payment is issued, even if it is a partial payment. For example, if TANF benefits are issued in November for both October and November, both October and November will appear on the clock.

Effective March, 2008, the 60-month time limit applies to the following individuals whose needs are included in the TANF payment: an adult caretaker on a case, the spouse of the caretaker, a minor caretaker with her own case, and the spouse of the minor caretaker. Both parents in a TANF-UP case, including minor parents, will have a 60- month clock regardless of marital status. (Note: Prior to March, 2008, the 60-month clock was not based on months of TANF receipt in Virginia. Instead, only VIEW months, including months in a VIEW sanction, and months of TANF received in another state, were counted on the clock. The individual 60-month clocks of parents in TANF-UP or TANF two-parent households were identical in terms of months counted that were based on VIEW participation; months of TANF counted in another state may have been different for each parent.)

The 60-month time limit will apply to an individual who has been removed from the TANF payment due to one of the following reasons:

1) SSN requirement is not met 2) IPV disqualification 3) Questionable citizenship 4) Failure to cooperate with child support enforcement 5) Ineligible alien excluded due to sponsor’s income 6) Ineligible parent excluded due to spouse’s income 7) Questionable legal presence 8) Fleeing felon/parole violator.

*Public Law 104-193

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