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STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA FFY 2024 STATE PLAN FOR TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES
The State TANF agency will work with the various state agencies, such as the West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services (WV BOSS) and the seven statewide Workforce Development Boards to provide referrals of TANF participants to meet the increasing demand of the healthcare field to assist individuals in gaining and retaining employment in the eldercare workforce. Also, TANF supportive services will assist these individuals with the necessary skills to enter these fields by providing training contracts to assist with the cost of such training.
(vii) Implement policies and procedures as necessary to prevent access to assistance provided under the State program funded under this part through any electronic fund transaction in an automated teller machine or point-of-sale device located in a place described in section 408(a)(12), including a plan to ensure that recipients of the assistance have adequate access to their cash assistance.
1) The following policies and practices to prevent assistance funded with TANF and maintenance-of-effort (MOE) funds from being used in any Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) transaction in any liquor store; any casino, gambling casino, or gaming establishment; or any retail establishment which provides adult-oriented entertainment in which performers disrobe or perform in an unclothed state for entertainment were implemented:
a. A statement regarding these restrictions was added to the Rights and Responsibilities which are completed at each application and review.
b. The EBT informational brochure that is mailed to the client with the card states: “You are not allowed to use your EBT card at ATMs located in gambling casinos, gaming establishments, liquor stores or adult information establishments”.
c. The Income Maintenance Manual, maintained by WV Bureau for Family Assistance – WV WORKS/TANF, includes these restrictions.
d. West Virginia has reached an agreement with casino operators to prohibit ATMs and point of sale equipment from accepting the WV EBT card from processing transactions. ATM owners and/or their processors have verified that they have removed the WV EBT card BIN from their system thereby preventing EBT cardholders from using their cards to withdraw TANF Page 52