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304.4 TANF CHILD SUPPPORT SUPPLEMENT - The 2016 General Assembly appropriated funds to create the TANF Child Support Supplement.* TANF assistance units that include two or more eligible children, and whose TANF benefit is $10 or more, will be entitled to a TANF Child Support Supplement when more than $100 in support is collected. TANF assistance units that include only one child are not eligible.

The TANF Child Support Supplement is separate from the disregard payment and will be paid to eligible assistance units when current collected support exceeds the maximum disregard amount of $100. The TANF Child Support Supplement can range from $1 to $100, but cannot exceed $100.

TANF Child Support Supplement payments are issued in the month following the month support is collected and are issued as a payment separate from the TANF payment and the disregard payment. The payment method will be the same as for the ongoing TANF benefit.

An assistance unit may receive a TANF Child Support Supplement payment in a suspended month, in a month in which no TANF payment was made, or in the month following case closure, based on support collected the previous month.

Example 1: Current collected support for Ms. T.’s case in August totaled $105. She received the maximum disregard payment of $100 for that month. In September, because Ms. T’s case met the criteria for eligibility, she received a TANF Child Support Supplement of $5 based on August current collected support.

Example 2: Current collected support for Ms. B.’s case in September totaled $250. She received the maximum disregard payment of $100 for that month. Because Ms. B.’s case met the eligibility criteria, she received the maximum TANF Child Support Supplement of $100 in October.

Example 3: Current collected support for Mr. G.’s case in January was $200. He received the maximum disregard for that month. On January 19th, the worker took action to suspend the February payment due to a VIEW sanction. Because Mr. G.’s case met the eligibility criteria, he received the maximum TANF Child Support Supplement of $100 in February even though his TANF case was suspended for that month.

Information about the TANF Child Support Supplement will be provided to the customer in the TANF Notice of Action at initial application, reapplication, in conjunction with changes, and at renewal. When the appropriated funding for the TANF Child Support Supplement is exhausted, the payment will end for the fiscal year. The VaCMS will generate a Notice of Action advising eligible TANF assistance units that TANF Child Support Supplement payments will no longer be made.

*Appropriations Act of 2016

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