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VT LEG #363612 v.1 Reach Up program to inform the family of the changes and advise the family about ways to maximize the opportunities to achieve earned income without a corresponding loss of benefits. * * * Sec. 5. 33 V.S.A. § 1108 is amended to read: § 1108. LIMITS ON FAMILY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (a) Except for grants to children in the care of persons other than their parents, only participating families who have received fewer than 60 cumulative months of financial assistance in which the family was not granted a deferment, including those months in which any type of cash assistance funded by a TANF block grant was received in other states or territories of the United States, shall be eligible for benefits under the Reach Up program. (b) Deferment granted for the following reasons The Department shall not count toward the Reach Up program’s cumulative 60-month lifetime eligibility period any months in which: (1) the participant is not able-to-work; (2) the participant is a parent or caretaker who is caring for a child during the first year of a possible two-year deferment pursuant to subdivision 1114(b)(3) of this chapter under one year of age, in accordance with criteria established by rule pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25;

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No. 133 Page 5 of 26 2022

VT LEG #363612 v.1 Reach Up program to inform the family of the changes and advise the family about ways to maximize the opportunities to achieve earned income without a corresponding loss of benefits. * * * Sec. 5. 33 V.S.A. § 1108 is amended to read: § 1108. LIMITS ON FAMILY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (a) Except for grants to children in the care of persons other than their parents, only participating families who have received fewer than 60 cumulative months of financial assistance in which the family was not granted a deferment, including those months in which any type of cash assistance funded by a TANF block grant was received in other states or territories of the United States, shall be eligible for benefits under the Reach Up program. (b) Deferment granted for the following reasons The Department shall not count toward the Reach Up program’s cumulative 60-month lifetime eligibility period any months in which: (1) the participant is not able-to-work; (2) the participant is a parent or caretaker who is caring for a child during the first year of a possible two-year deferment pursuant to subdivision 1114(b)(3) of this chapter under one year of age, in accordance with criteria established by rule pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25;