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STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA FFY 2024 STATE PLAN FOR TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES

$9.00 through $9.99 300 $10.00 through $10.99 400 $11.00 through $11.99 500 $12.00 or more

600

● Legal support is provided to eliminate the need for legal services as a barrier to work or self-sufficiency to recipients using Federal TANF funds under TANF purpose number one. This service provides high quality and comprehensive legal services to WV WORKS recipients including child only TANF cases referred by the Department with legal obstacles to work, self-sufficiency or child safety and welfare, stability, and education while promoting client empowerment. Examples of services provided are Domestic Violence; Divorce; Child Support; Child Custody/Visitation; Adoption; Name Change; Paternity; Driver’s License Issue(s); Expungement; Housing Eviction; Landlord/Tenant Issue(s); Public Housing; Security Deposit; Unsafe Living Conditions; Utilities; Education/School Issue(s); Supplemental Security Insurance (SSI) /Social; and Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). Individuals referred to this program must be recipients of WV WORKS for themselves or the dependent children in their care. Referrals may also be received for participants in other Division of Family Support programs for needy families. A family with children receiving SNAP, Medicaid, CHIP; or families receiving or determined eligible for childcare subsidy assistance under the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) will be deemed to be a needy family for these referrals. The family’s income must also be below 300% FPL.

● Pre-employment dental and vision service is a cooperative effort between the WV WORKS program and the Office of Maternal, Child and Family Health (OMCFH). An individual who receives WV WORKS whose barriers to obtaining employment include vision or dental issues may receive a referral for dental work and vision services under TANF purpose number one. This is funded using co-mingled Federal TANF and State Maintenance of Effort (MOE) funds. This program was authorized solely under prior law through the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. Expenditures for this program are reported under authorized under prior law. Individuals referred for this program must receive WV WORKS must be recipients of WV WORKS, below $2,000 asset limit and 100% SON for themselves or the dependent children in their Page 17