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VA TANF - Time Limit

A TANF Assistance Unit that includes an adult who has received 60 months of assistance under TANF, is not eligible for assistance. "An assistance unit that includes an adult" means an assistance unit where the adult's needs are included in the grant or a case where the adult's needs are not included in the grant but the adult is required to participate in VIEW.

NOTE: Assistance Units that participate in VIEW are subject to the 24-month VA VIEW Time Limit.

The 60 months of TANF eligibility is an accumulated period of time; that is, the TANF clock does not start over if a family stops receiving TANF benefits for a period of time and then becomes eligible again. The new period of eligibility is added onto any previous eligibility time.

Months in which an individual received TANF benefits in another state count toward the 60-month limit.

The following months of receipt of TANF in Virginia do not count toward the 60-month limit:

·      Months in which no time is accrued on the assistance unit's VIEW clock, including months that a client is in inactive status on the first of the month;

NOTE: You should be placed in "inactive" status if needed VIEW Supportive Services are not available.

·      Months of receipt of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). Thus, months of financial assistance received in Virginia prior to February 1, 1997 do not count;

·      Any months that an individual receives assistance as a minor child (not as a caretaker);

·      Months during which the adult lived on an Indian reservation or in an Alaskan Native village if, during the month;

(a) at least 1,000 individuals were living on the reservation or in the village; and

(b) at least 50 per cent of the adults living on the reservation or in the village were unemployed;

·      Months in which the case was a "control" case. (Petersburg, Portsmouth, Prince William, Wise, and Lynchburg were research sites for the VIP evaluation. Cases in these localities were assigned a research or control status.)

See Also:

VA TANF - Assistance Unit

VA TANF - Eligibility

VA TANF Financial Eligibility

VA VIEW - Overview

VA VIEW Time Limit

VA TANF-UP - Overview

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VA TANF - Overview

VA Benefit Information System Welcome and Introduction

Sources:

VA TANF Policy Manual 201.1.G

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