Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-12-318 - Duration of Assistance - 36-month Time Limit

A. The Department shall not authorize cash benefits for a needy family, except in case of hardship, when any of the following apply:

1. The needy family includes a head of household or the spouse of the head of household who has received 36 countable months of cash benefits in the Arizona CA program for himself or herself.

2. The needy family includes an ineligible parent or the spouse of the ineligible parent who has received 36 countable months of cash benefits in the Arizona CA program for an eligible dependent child.

3. The needy family includes an adult non-parent relative head of household or the spouse of the non-parent relative head of household who has received 36 countable months of cash benefits in the Arizona CA program for an eligible dependent child.

B. Time limited assistance shall not apply to a child only case.

C. The Department shall count each payment month, regardless of the source of funding for the program, until a limit of 36 countable months is reached. The 36 countable months are not required to be consecutive.

D. The Department shall begin counting the 36 months beginning with the first countable payment received in the Arizona CA program on or after October 1, 2002.

E. The Department shall not count the following months toward the 36-month time limit:

1. A month in which CA was received in a child only case;

2. A month in which CA was received by an assistance unit while residing on an Indian reservation that has a 50% or higher unemployment rate;

3. A month in which the CA payment amount was less than a full benefit month payment due to the date of an initial application;

4. A month in which the head of household or the spouse of the head of household or an ineligible parent or the spouse of the ineligible parent received CA as a minor child who was not the head of household or the spouse of the head of household;

5. Any month in which the assistance unit receives a payment in the CA Grant Diversion option. This includes each of the months for which the Grant Diversion payment is intended to cover;

6. Any month in which the assistance unit was totally ineligible for a cash benefit payment due to an overpayment of benefits that must be repaid to the Department;

F. Under no circumstances, except as provided in R6-12-319, shall the Department authorize CA beyond the federal 60-month time limit under R6-12-320.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-12-318

New Section renumbered from R6-12-315 and amended effective July 31, 1997, under an exemption from the provisions of A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6 (Supp. 97-3). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 16 A.A.R. 1141, effective July 1, 2010 (Supp. 10-2).

The following new Section was renumbered and amended under an exemption from the provisions of A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6, pursuant to Laws 1997, Ch. 300, § 74 (A). Exemption from A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6 means the Department did not submit notice of proposed rulemaking to the Secretary of State for publication in the Arizona Administrative Register; the Department did not submit these rules to the Governor's Regulatory Review Council for review and approval; and the Department was not required to hold public hearings on this Section.