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TANF Transmittal 72

901.7 TANF MANUAL 10/21 Page 8

901.7 VIEW PAYMENT CALCULATION - To reward work, a VIEW participant may earn up to the assistance unit's federal poverty level (or up to 150% of the federal poverty in the case of TANF-UP households) and remain eligible for TANF for up to twenty-four months from the date that the initial Agreement of Personal Responsibility is signed.

A. The VIEW payment calculation applies to the following:

1. Unsubsidized employment and,

2. Paid on-the-job training listed at 1000.13.G.

B. This calculation does not apply to the following:

1. FEP Program at 1000.13.D, and

2. Hardship cases (Section 901.9).

The VIEW payment calculation differs from the TANF payment calculation located in Section 305, Appendix 3.

An individual who is working when she signs the Agreement of Personal Responsibility is entitled to the VIEW earned income calculation the month following the month in which she signs the Agreement. If it is not administratively possible to impact that payment, a supplement must be issued.

For those VIEW participants who obtain unsubsidized employment during VIEW participation, the VIEW earned income calculation is to be used for payments effective the month following the month when employment begins. If it is not administratively possible to impact that payment, a supplement must be issued.

VIEW participants do not have earned income screened at the maximum income amount and the standard of assistance. They may receive the standard deduction from gross income and 20% of the remainder,* and child or adult care costs as disregards.

See Chapter 900, Appendix 1 for the VIEW Payment Calculation, Appendix 2 for VIEW Income Examples, and Appendix 3 for the Federal Poverty Level table.

A TANF recipient who enters the VIEW program erroneously, i.e., the recipient did not report earnings that he received or expected to receive prior to entering VIEW that would have made the case ineligible for assistance using the maximum income and standard of assistance income screenings, must have continuing eligibility determined by using the maximum income and standard of assistance screenings (see Section 305.1.A.) If the case does not pass the maximum income and standard of assistance screenings, the case must be closed as soon as administratively possible. If the case is eligible at the standard of assistance screening, the VIEW payment calculation is appropriate for the month following the month in which the earnings were reported to the agency. Overpayments should be calculated per 503.7.

Note: For a case that contains an individual who is a VIEW participant, the VIEW payment calculations applies to the total countable earnings of all required assistance unit members.

*22 VAC 40-295-50