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• Pregnancy at any stage. • Parents or related needy caregivers of specific degree (e.g. those caring for grandchildren, nieces/nephews).
Residency: • Currently living in Washington state with no minimum time to establish residency.
Citizenship/Alien Status: • U.S. Citizens. • Qualified non-citizens, verified with use of Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE).
Social Security Number (SSN) Requirements: • Supply or apply for SSN. • Provide good cause for not applying/supplying.
Assignment of Child Support Rights: • Cooperate with establishing child support. • Provide good cause for non-cooperation.
Financial Eligibility for Aided Household Members: • Countable earned income is based on household size and published in WAC 388-478-0035. • The unearned income limit is also the payment standard for cash assistance, per WAC 388-478- 0020 . • Countable Resource Limits o $12,000 cash resource limit. o One vehicle of any value is excluded.
At or below 60 Month Time Limit for Recipients or: • May meet Time Limit Extension criteria for aid after 60 months when - o Disabled and applying for SSI. o Caring for disabled adult or child. o Homeless. o Working 32 or more hours/week. o First time dependency with child welfare agency. o Addressing family violence. o Being actively on TANF during a period of statewide High Unemployment, defined as 7% or higher per state regulation (WAC 388-484-0006). o Caring for a child under the age of two. Note – for this criteria, additional time on aid aligns with aided adult’s eligibility for Washington State’s infant/toddler participation exemption, or, subsequently, the postpartum participation exemption.
Other TANF programs: • Kinship Care TANF: o Relatives of a specific degree defined in WAC 388-454-0010. o Must cooperate with assignment of child support unless good cause claimed for non- cooperation.