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STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA FFY 2024 STATE PLAN FOR TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES
The following individuals require a referral to Bureau for Social Services in addition to the above requirements:
● Any individual who fails to complete or refuses to participate in substance abuse treatment and counseling program and job skills program as required; and
● Any individual who has had their benefits suspended and has not designated a protective payee or whose benefits have been terminated due to a failed drug test.
Job readiness classes in existence throughout the state will be the skills programs these individuals would be required to attend. These programs consist of training to enhance the ability of customers to obtain and maintain employment. through the delivery of vocational training, job preparation, and work based academic skills.
During a natural disaster, state and/or national public health emergency a virtual process may be used.
OTHER COMPONENTS OF WV WORKS
● Minor parents are required to live with their parents or in an adult-supervised setting. Teen parents are required to attend school if they do not have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
● Eligible families will receive an earned income disregard of 40%.
● Families who receive child support will receive a child support incentive payment of $25 for each month the support is received and redirected to the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement. This is in addition to the child support pass through. A payment of up to $100 for families with 1 child or $200 for families with more than 1 child of child support collected on behalf of a family receiving WV WORKS will be passed through to the family and is excluded as unearned income for WV WORKS.
● When the absent parent has no remaining state debt from the previous TANF receipt and makes a payment to BCSE that is in excess of the current WV WORKS payment, any amount which exceeds the benefit is distributed to the custodial parent by BCSE. Page 11