Section 2665.60  Eligibility Requirements

a)         Persons eligible to receive services under the Welfare-to-Work program must meet the eligibility requirements of subsection 2665.60(a)(1) or (a)(2) of this Section.

1)         Participants under the Long-term Targeted TANF Recipients Program must be:

A)        authorized to work in the United States,

B)        a resident of the SDA in which served,

C)        a long-term TANF recipient, or pending TANF termination due to a durational limit, or exceeding a TANF duration limit, and

D)        either:

i)          have two of the following three characteristics:  limited education, requires substance abuse treatment for employment, poor work history, or

ii)         be a non-custodial parent of a minor child of a TANF recipient whose custodial parent meets one of the criteria in subsection (a)(1)(C).  The non-custodial parent only needs to meet the criteria in subsection (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B) and (a)(1)(D) above as long as the custodial parent meets the other criteria.

2)         Participants under the Long-term Dependency Characteristics Program must be:

A)        authorized to work in the United States,

B)        a resident of the SDA in which served,

C)        have one or more long-term dependency characteristics, as defined in subsection (a)(1)(D) above, and

D)        either:

i)          is a TANF recipient, or

ii)         is a non-custodial parent of a minor child of a TANF recipient, or

iii)        exceeded a TANF duration limit.

b)         SDAs are responsible for ensuring that  participants  served  with  WtW funds meet federal eligibility criteria.  Procedures to accurately determine and appropriately document eligibility must include:

1)         arrangements with the TANF agency to ensure that the determination is based on information current at the time of eligibility determination about whether an individual is receiving TANF assistance, the length of receipt of such assistance, and when an individual may become ineligible for assistance due to reaching a duration limit on assistance;

2)         determination of barriers to employment and long-term welfare dependency characteristics that may be based on information collected by the SDA or by the TANF agency no more than six months prior to eligibility determination;

3)         arrangements with the TANF agency to identify the non-custodial parents of TANF recipients who may be eligible for the program; and

4)         arrangements with the TANF agency to determine whether an individual who is not receiving TANF would be eligible to receive assistance if not for the fact that the individual had reached a duration limit on the receipt of assistance.

c)         Once an individual begins receiving WtW services, the SDA is not required to redetermine eligibility.