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The 60-month time limit will not apply to the following individuals:

1) an adult who is excluded from the TANF payment due to the receipt of SSI 2) an adult who is excluded from the TANF payment due to his status as an ineligible alien. Ineligible aliens include individuals, who are in the country illegally, as well as lawful permanent residents and other individuals who are not eligible for TANF for five years from date of entry. 3) a non-parent caretaker who has been removed from the TANF payment due to VIEW non-compliance.

A month in which an individual received TANF benefits in another state (which for the purposes of determining the months of TANF assistance includes the District of Columbia and the territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) counts toward the 60-month limit. If an applicant states on the application for TANF benefits that he received assistance in another state, the eligibility worker must verify any TANF months to be counted by contacting the appropriate state and recording those months in the VaCMS system.

Note: The effective date for TANF implementation will vary from state to state. When contacting other states to verify the number of months already accrued, the worker should request the number of months counted by that state toward the 60-month limit. If the other state tracks days of receipt instead of months, the EW will need to verify the exact dates of receipt of TANF. The EW will then count any month in which the individual received TANF as a month toward the 60-month limit. The following website identifies each state’s contact person: http://dpaweb.hss.state.ak.us/training/map/map.html

If contacted by another state to verify TANF benefits received in Virginia, the worker should provide the number of months countable under Virginia’s TANF program since February 1, 1997. Prior to March, 2008, these would have only been months that were included on the VIEW 24-month clock. Beginning March, 2008, these would be months in which a TANF payment was issued (and may or may not have been countable on the 24-month VIEW clock).

The following months of receipt of TANF in Virginia do not count toward the 60-month limit:

1) Months of receipt of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). Thus, months of financial assistance received in Virginia prior to February 1, 1997 do not count; 2) Any months that an individual receives assistance as a minor child (not a caretaker); 3) Months during which the adult lived on an Indian reservation during the month; (a) at least 1,000 individuals were living on the reservation; and (b) at least 50 per cent of the adults living on the reservation were unemployed; 4) Months in which the case was a “control” case. (Petersburg, Portsmouth, Prince William, Wise, and Lynchburg were research sites for the VIP evaluation. Cases in these localities were assigned a research or control status.) 5) Months that the TANF case is suspended and no payment is issued. 6) Months in which the individual receives Diversionary Assistance.

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