2.10.2.2 Native American Exemptions

Any adult in the W-2 Group An adult custodial parent, all dependent children with respect to whom the individual is a legal custodial parent and all minor children with respect to whom the adult individual’s dependent child is a custodial parent. W-2 Group includes any non-marital co-parent or any spouse of the individual who resides in the same household as the individual and any minor children with respect to whom the spouse or non-marital co-parent is a custodial parent. W-2 Group does not include any person who is receiving cash benefits under a county relief block grant program. This is also referred to as the W-2 Assistance Group (W-2 AG) is exempt from the 48-month state lifetime limit for any month in which they are living in a federally recognized American Indian reservation, an Alaskan Native village, or an Indian country occupied by an Indian tribe, if during that month the following applies:

At least 1,000 individuals were living on the reservation, in the village, or in the Indian country; and

At least 50 percent of the adults were unemployed.