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(((A))) (i) The recipient's family includes a child or youth who 1 is without a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence as 2 described in the federal McKinney-Vento homeless assistance act 3 (Title 42 U.S.C., chapter 119, subchapter VI, part B) as it existed 4 on January 1, 2020; 5 (((B))) (ii) The recipient received temporary assistance for 6 needy families during a month on or after March 1, 2020, when 7 Washington state's unemployment rate as published by the Washington 8 employment security department was equal to or greater than seven 9 percent, and the recipient is otherwise eligible for temporary 10 assistance for needy families except that they have exceeded 60 11 months. The extension provided for under this subsection (((5))) (4) 12 (a)(((i)(B))) (ii) is equal to the number of months that the 13 recipient received temporary assistance for needy families during a 14 month on or after March 1, 2020, when the unemployment rate was equal 15 to or greater than seven percent, and is applied sequentially to any 16 other hardship extensions that may apply under this subsection 17 (((5))) (4) or in rule; or 18 (((C))) (iii) Beginning July 1, 2022, the Washington state 19 unemployment rate most recently published by the Washington 20 employment security department is equal to or greater than seven 21 percent; or 22 (((ii))) (b) If the family includes an individual who meets the 23 family violence options of section 402(A)(7) of Title IVA of the 24 federal social security act as amended by P.L. 104-193. 25 (((b) Policies related to circumstances under which a recipient 26 will be exempted from the application of subsection (1) or (3) of 27 this section shall treat adults receiving benefits on their own 28 behalf, and parents receiving benefits on behalf of their child 29 similarly, unless required otherwise under federal law. 30 (6))) (5) The department shall not exempt a recipient and his or 31 her family from the application of subsection (1) ((or (3))) of this 32 section until after the recipient has received ((fifty-two)) 52 33 months of assistance under this chapter. 34 (((7))) (6) The department shall provide transitional food 35 assistance for a period of five months to a household that ceases to 36 receive temporary assistance for needy families assistance and is not 37 in full-family sanction status. If a member of a household has been 38 sanctioned but the household is still receiving benefits, the 39 remaining eligible household members may receive transitional food 40 p. 8 2SHB 1447.SL