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

● Any individual who tests positive on a second drug test, during his or her period of ineligibility; or

● Any individual who tests positive for a third drug test.

Cash assistance is defined as all monies received by WV WORKS families for eligible adults and children, including public assistance money and support service payments issued while receiving cash assistance. Cash assistance payments are issued once each month. Support services payments are issued weekly on an as-needed basis when issued to a vendor. When support payments are issued to an individual, they are available the next business day on EBT. Financial eligibility for cash assistance is 100% Standard of Need (SON) and $2,000 asset limit. Funds for cash assistance are both Federal TANF and Maintenance of Effort (MOE) funded.

Employment Assistance Program (EAP) is a post-employment option for former WV WORKS participants who find employment and are no longer eligible to receive cash assistance or have requested their assistance to stop due to employment but remain under the 150% FPL income limit (Attachment F). These participants may opt to continue to receive the WV WORKS cash assistance check based on a 100% earned income disregard for up to 6 months following WV WORKS case closure. To be eligible for EAP, a single parent with a child under 6 must be employed at least 20 hours per week; all other single parents must be employed at least 30 hours per week. Two-parent households must be employed 35 hours per week or 55 hours per week if federally funded childcare is received.

Non-cash assistance is defined as payments made to eligible families and individuals residing therein for support services who do not receive a monthly assistance payment and who are eligible under the provisions extending support service to families at or below one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the current Federal Poverty Level. The funds used for non-cash assistance are both Federal TANF and Maintenance of Effort (MOE) funded. These individuals must be employed and have an eligible child in the home. Pre-employment and post-employment support services to cash assistance and non-cash assistance recipients will be provided.

WV WORKS PRIMARY ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

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