Topic: TANF
Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) – is a federal law that permits for-profit employers to take a credit on their federal income tax when workers from certain target groups are hired.
Work-eligible person – is defined as an adult or minor head-of-household included in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) assistance unit.
Special medical status – occurs in certain instances when an individual’s SSP benefit or TANF cash assistance closes and the individual or family remains eligible for medical benefits. For TANF, this occurs when the TANF cash assistance payment would be less than the $10 minimum TANF benefit or when the TANF benefit is frozen while […]
SSNAP – is an acronym for Simplified Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. SSNAP rules apply to households that consist only of members receiving TANF or TANF and SSP benefits. Policy regarding this term is located at SNAP: 340:50-11-20. Scope and application processing; 340:50-11-23. Eligibility determination for households within the Simplified Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; 340:50-11-27. Changes […]
Subsidized Employment Program (SEP) – a subsidized employment program through which a TANF participant is hired in full-time employment with DHS reimbursing the employer for partial wages for up to four months.
Substance abuse – a patterned use of a drug in which the user consumes the substance in amounts or with methods which are harmful to themselves or others.
Policy Links Regarding Principal Wage Earned (PWE)
Paternity affidavit – is a document that provides parents with a way of formally acknowledging paternity of a child. If parents are married at the time of a child’s birth, the husband is generally legally recognized as the father of the child. However, if the parents are not married paternity needs to be formally recognized […]
Orientation – a job readiness TANF work activity.
Needy caretaker – A relative (other than the natural or adoptive parent) meeting the specified degree of relationship applying for TANF for a child.