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assistance. If necessary, the department shall extend the household's 1 basic food certification until the end of the transition period. 2 (((8))) (7) The department may adopt rules specifying which 3 published employment security department unemployment rates to use 4 for the purposes of subsection (((5))) (4)(a)(((i)(B) and (C))) (ii) 5 and (iii) of this section. 6 Sec. 4. RCW 74.08A.015 and 2021 c 239 s 3 are each amended to 7 read as follows: 8 All families who have received temporary assistance for needy 9 families since March 1, 2020, are eligible for the extension under 10 RCW 74.08A.010(((5))) (4)(a)(((i)(B))) (ii), regardless of whether 11 they are current recipients. Eligible families shall only receive 12 temporary assistance for needy families benefits that accrue after 13 July 25, 2021. 14 Sec. 5. RCW 74.08A.230 and 1997 c 58 s 308 are each amended to 15 read as follows: 16 (1) In addition to their monthly benefit payment, a family may 17 earn and keep the first $500 of the family's earnings in addition to 18 one-half of ((its)) the family's remaining earnings during every 19 month it is eligible to receive assistance under this section. 20 (2) In no event may a family be eligible for temporary assistance 21 for needy families if its monthly gross earned income exceeds the 22 maximum earned income level as set by the department. In calculating 23 a household's gross earnings, the department shall disregard the 24 earnings of a minor child who is: 25 (a) A full-time student; or 26 (b) A part-time student carrying at least half the normal school 27 load and working fewer than ((thirty-five)) 35 hours per week. 28 Sec. 6. RCW 74.08A.250 and 2019 c 343 s 5 are each amended to 29 read as follows: 30 Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, as used in this 31 chapter, "work activity" means: 32 (1) Unsubsidized paid employment in the private or public sector; 33 (2) Subsidized paid employment in the private or public sector, 34 including employment through the state or federal work-study program 35 for a period not to exceed ((twenty-four)) 24 months; 36 (3) Work experience, including: 37 p. 9 2SHB 1447.SL