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A W-2 participant who receives transportation assistance is subject to all TANF requirements pertaining to the 60-month lifetime limit and other nonfinancial specifications such as cooperation with child support.
TANF assistance includes payments, vouchers, and other forms of benefits designed to meet a family’s ongoing needs (food, clothing, shelter, utilities, household goods, personal care items, and general incidental expenses).
W-2 participants in an unpaid, case management only, placement will not have their 60-month clock ticked for transportation if any of the following apply:
They are employed for at least one hour per month;
They are engaged in job search/readiness activities requiring child care;
The transportation is not provided for longer than four months; or,
The transportation services are provided via a group transportation or transportation capacity building project (e.g. someone who rides a TANF funded expanded bus route is not receiving assistance because the service does not have a direct monetary value to the individual family).
Therefore, several factors determine whether issuing transportation assistance to a participant in a case management only placement will tick the 60 month clock. When transportation assistance will have the effect of ticking a 60 month clock, the FEP must advise the participant of the potential impact and weigh the cost of using months of lifetime eligibility against the benefit of the service before assistance is given.
W-2 participants in CMC, ARP, Trial Job, CSJ, pro-rated CSJ, or W-2 T will not have their 60-month clock ticked for transportation because the clock will tick due to the receipt of TANF cash assistance.
This page last updated in Release
# 12-03
Release Date: 04/04/12
Effective Date: 04/04/12