Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-12-320 - Duration of Assistance - Federal 60-month Time Limit

A. The Department shall not authorize cash benefits to the assistance unit when the head of household or the spouse of the head of household has received 60 countable months of cash benefits for himself or herself, funded in whole or in part by the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant in Arizona or any other state or United States territory or from a tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families CA program, unless the assistance unit is eligible for a hardship extension under R6-12-319.

B. The Department shall count each payment month until a limit of 60 months is reached. The 60 countable months are not required to be consecutive.

C. The Department shall begin counting the 60 months beginning with the first payment received on or after October 1, 2002.

D. The Department shall not include the following months toward the 60-month time limit:

1. Any month before October 1, 2002 in which the recipient received CA in Arizona or in any other state;

2. Any month before October 1, 2002, in which the recipient received CA in a tribal TANF program in any state other than Arizona;

3. Any month before October 1, 2002, in which the recipient received CA in an Arizona tribal TANF program when that month was not countable toward the 60-month time limit in that tribal TANF program;

4. Any month in which the recipient resides on an Indian reservation that has a 50% or higher unemployment rate based on the Bureau of Indian Affairs (B.I.A.) Market Information Report;

5. A month when the assistance unit is eligible but receives no CA payment because the benefit is less than $10;

6. A month when the assistance unit is ineligible due to an overpayment;

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

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-12-320

New Section renumbered from R6-12-317 and amended effective July 31, 1997, under an exemption from the provisions of A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6 (Supp. 97-3). Section repealed; new Section made by exempt rulemaking at 16 A.A.R. 1141, effective July 1, 2010 (Supp. 10-2).