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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) GUIDANCE MANUAL
Chapter 300 - Need and Amount of Assistance
General Provisions
301.1
Definition of the TANF Assistance Unit
302.1 Definition of the Eligibility Determination Group
302.2 Definition of Caretaker
302.3 Definition of Payee
302.4 Definition of Siblings
302.5 Persons Essential to Well-Being (EWB)
302.6 Composition of the TANF Assistance Unit
302.7
In TANF
302.7 A.-F. In Emergency Assistance
302.7 G. Forming the Complex Assistance Unit
302.8 Minor Parent Situations When Living with a Senior Parent(s)
302.8 A. Households With Multiple Groups of Children
302.8 B.
Resources (Obsolete)
303
Standards of Assistance
304.1 Total Allowable Individual Need
304.2 Medical Exams for TANF/VIEW Recipients
304.3 TANF Child Support Supplement
304.4 Relative Maintenance Support Payment
304.5
TANF Relative Maintenance Support Payment
304.5 A.
Relative Maintenance Support Payment/TANF Opt-Out
304.5 B.
Relative Maintenance Support Payment/Kinship Care
304.5 C.
Request for Assistance (TANF Opt-Out and Kinship Care)
304.5 D.
Eligibility Requirements (TANF Opt-Out and Kinship Care)
304.5 E. Reaching Independence through Savings and Education (RISE)
304.6
Appendix 1 – Grouping of Localities Appendix 2 – Standards of Assistance
Income Income Eligibility
305.1 Prospective Determinations
305.1 A. Prospective Budgeting
305.1 B. Verification of Income (Earned and Unearned)
305.1 C. Handling Changes in Income (Earned and Unearned)
305.1 D. Adding and Deleting Persons with Income
305.1 E. Applicant's/Recipient's Reporting Responsibilities
305.1 F. Timely Reporting Examples
305.1 G.
Income to be Counted
305.2 Earned Income
305.3 Definition of Gross Earnings or Profit
305.3 A. Disregarded Earned Income
305.3 B. Countable Earnings
305.3 C.
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