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

● Prevent out-of-wedlock pregnancies; and

● Encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families.

The WV WORKS program operates in 54 counties, two counties have been merged, organized into 21 district offices reporting to three Regional Directors. Regional Directors report to the Deputy Commissioner, Bureau for Family Assistance, Department of Human Services (DoHS), hereinafter Department. See Attachment D for Department Management Organizational Chart.

WV WORKS is a multifaceted program that enables at-risk families with eligible children to prepare for employment, become self-supporting, remain employed, and improve their family and community. To achieve this goal, the WV WORKS program is a family-focused work-oriented, performance-based, time-limited program that emphasizes employment and personal responsibility. Work and family are the focal points of WV WORKS.

WV WORKS DEFINITIONS

West Virginia defines a work-eligible individual as an adult (or minor child head-of-household) receiving assistance under TANF or a separate State program or a non-recipient parent living with a child receiving such assistance under the WV WORKS program and who does not meet one of the following categories:

● A minor parent who is not the head of household;

● An SSI recipient on a case-by-case basis; or

● Ineligible alien due to immigration status.

A family is defined as all dependent, blood-related and adoptive siblings and their parent(s), the parent’s legal spouse and all blood-related and adopted dependent children of the parent’s spouse who are living in the same household.

A two-parent family is defined as:

A two-parent family includes, at a minimum all families with two natural or adoptive parents (of the same minor child) who are work-eligible individuals and living in the home, unless both are minors, and neither is a head-of-household or due to one of the following additional reasons: Page 3