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Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.1 - TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17-656.1-9 - Verification of relationship and household composition

Current through June, 2024
(a)
				  The applicant or recipient shall be the primary source of information in
				  establishing the specified relationship to the child and shall provide the
				  department with documents to support the relationship to the child.
(b) When documentary sources are not
				  available, statements of members of the individual's family shall be relied
				  upon. The family members' relationship to the individual and the facts on which
				  the knowledge is based shall be recorded.
(c) When an applicant or recipient reports
				  the absence of a child's parent from the home, the applicant or recipient shall
				  submit verification of the continued absence of the parent if the absence is
				  questionable, unless exempt under subsection (d).
(d) The applicant or recipient shall not be
				  required to submit verification of the continued absence of a parent under the
				  following conditions, unless the department has information indicating the
				  absent parent may be in the home:
(1) The
				  applicant or recipient lives with a legal or common-law spouse who is not the
				  absent parent; or
(2) The
				  department has verification of a separate address for the absent parent from
				  other departments, agencies, or other offices within the department.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.1 - TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17-656.1-10 - TANF work requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) A work eligible
				  individual or other work eligible individual shall participate in the
				  First-to-Work program as specified in chapter 17-794.1. Failure to satisfy the
				  requirements in chapter 17-794.1 shall result in a denial of eligibility for
				  applicants or a household sanction for recipients.
(b) An applicant or recipient shall be
				  considered a work eligible individual unless the applicant or recipient has
				  been determined to be an other work eligible individual or has provided
				  verification that the applicant or recipient is a non-work eligible
				  individual.
(c) An applicant or
				  recipient who claims to be an other work eligible individual shall be referred
				  for an assessment to determine whether the applicant or recipient meets the
				  definition of an other work eligible individual. A new assessment shall be
				  completed whenever the department becomes aware of a change in the individual's
				  status.
(d) When there is more than
				  one adult in the household subject to work participation requirements, each
				  adult shall be required to participate.
(e) A child aged sixteen to eighteen shall be
				  required to participate in any assigned First-to-Work program activity pursuant
				  to chapter 17-794.1 if the child:
(1) Is not
				  a full-time student in a secondary school or a program of an equivalent level
				  of vocational or technical training; or
(2) Has completed secondary school or a
				  program of an equivalent level of vocational or technical training.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.1 - TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17-656.1-10.1 - Participation requirements for individuals with a disability

Current through June, 2024
(a) An individual who claims a disability due
				  to a physical or mental impairment, which prevents the individual from
				  complying with the work requirements, shall provide the department with a
				  current medical report to substantiate the claim.
(b) The department shall not be held liable
				  for the cost of obtaining a current medical report, except when the individual
				  is a current recipient of medical assistance through the department.
(c) When a current medical report is
				  submitted to the department to substantiate a claim made pursuant to subsection
				  (a), the report shall be reviewed by a board of licensed physicians, or a board
				  of licensed psychologists and physicians whose specialty is in psychiatry, for
				  a determination and certification of physical or mental impairment.
(1) A determination and certification of
				  physical impairment shall only be made by a board of licensed
				  physicians.
(2) A determination and
				  certification of mental impairment shall only be made by a board of licensed
				  psychologists or licensed physicians whose specialty is in
				  psychiatry.
(3) The director shall
				  appoint licensed physicians or licensed psychologists to serve as members of
				  the medical or psychiatric board. The department shall provide appointed board
				  members a contract to pay for board services for the period of the appointment,
				  unless otherwise specified.
(4) A
				  minimum of three members of each board must participate in the review of a
				  disability.
(5) A minimum of two
				  board members must agree on each determination and certification of physical or
				  mental impairment.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.1 - TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17-656.1-11 - Child support and medical support requirements

Current through June, 2024
All applicants and recipients shall meet the assignment
					 and cooperation requirements of chapter 17-653.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.1 - TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17-656.1-12 - Voluntary quit for applicant

Current through June, 2024
(a) An applicant
				  household, except as specified in subsection (b), shall be ineligible for
				  assistance if within sixty days prior to the date of application a work
				  eligible individual household member voluntarily quit his or her last full-time
				  employment without good cause.
(b)
				  An applicant household shall not be subject to the voluntary quit provisions of
				  this section if the household is currently serving a sanction period for a
				  noncompliance with FTW or job termination. In this situation, the applicant
				  household shall be subject to the sanction provisions specified in section
				  17-794.1- 42.
(c) If a work
				  eligible individual quits his or her job without good cause after the date of
				  application, but prior to the date a disposition is rendered on the
				  application, the household shall be treated as if it were a recipient household
				  and section 17-794.1-42 shall apply.
(d) Good cause for a voluntary quit shall be
				  as specified in section 17-794.1-40.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.1 - TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) › Subchapter 2 - ELIGIBLE PERSONS › Section 17-656.1-15 - Persons who may be included

Current through June, 2024
(a) Eligible
				  children living in the same home, under the care of the same relative eligible
				  to receive assistance for the children shall be considered one family even if
				  the children are not brothers and sisters.
(b) A pregnant child who is less than
				  eighteen years of age, who is living with a needy specified relative, shall be
				  considered part of the relative's family provided the child is determined to be
				  an eligible child in the relative's care.
(c) The needs of the following individuals
				  shall be included provided the individual is needy and otherwise eligible to be
				  included:
(1) A specified relative defined in
				  section 17-656.1-7;
(2) The spouse
				  of the specified relative; and
(3)
				  The needs and income of hanai parents must be included in assistance units
				  which include a hanai child.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.1 - TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) › Subchapter 2 - ELIGIBLE PERSONS › Section 17-656.1-16 - Essential person

Current through June, 2024
(a) An essential
				  person means a needy person who is:
(1)
				  Living in the same home with a child eligible for TANF;
(2) Ineligible in the person's own right for
				  TANF;
(3) Designated by the
				  individual eligible for TANF as being essential to the individual's well-being;
				  and
(4) Performing a service that
				  would not otherwise be performed or that would have to be purchased if the
				  eligible individual was living alone.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.1 - TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) › Subchapter 2 - ELIGIBLE PERSONS › Section 17-656.1-17 - Persons to be excluded

Current through June, 2024
(a) A person who
				  receives supplemental security income benefits shall be excluded from the TANF
				  program. All income and resources received by the person receiving SSI benefits
				  shall not be considered in determining the amount of the financial assistance
				  payment for the remainder of the family members.
(b) A needy person who fails to comply with
				  the requirement to furnish a social security number shall be excluded from the
				  program. When failure to furnish a social security number is on behalf of a
				  child, the child shall be the person excluded from the program.
(c) The child who is temporarily absent from
				  the home and whose total monthly needs are met by others shall be
				  excluded.
(d) The needs of an
				  unborn child shall be excluded from the TANF financial assistance
				  payment.
(e) The needs of the
				  father of an unborn child without other eligible children shall be excluded
				  from the TANF financial assistance payment.
(f) A child receiving federal or state foster
				  care maintenance assistance shall be excluded from the TANF financial
				  assistance payment.
(g) A child of
				  a child receiving federal foster care maintenance assistance shall be excluded
				  from the TANF financial assistance payment;
(h) A child receiving federal or state
				  adoption assistance shall be excluded from the TANF financial assistance
				  payment if including the child would result in a reduction of the TANF
				  financial assistance payment amount. In making this determination, the
				  department shall:
(1) Consider the adoption
				  assistance as unearned income when the child is included in the financial
				  assistance payment;
(2) Consider
				  the difference between the financial assistance payment which includes the
				  needs and income of the child and the financial assistance payment which
				  excludes the needs and income of the child.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.1 - TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) › Subchapter 3 - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE › Section 17-656.1-18 - Notification

Current through June, 2024
The department shall notify all applicants and recipients
					 of the department's domestic violence policy. The notification shall be both in
					 writing and verbal, and shall include the following:
(1) A definition of domestic violence,
				  including examples of acts and circumstances which may constitute domestic
				  violence;
(2) An explanation of how
				  to claim domestic violence victim status; and
(3) An explanation of how to appeal a denial
				  of domestic violence victim status.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.1 - TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) › Subchapter 3 - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE › Section 17-656.1-19 - Identification

Current through June, 2024
(a) The department shall identify applicants
				  and recipients with a history of domestic violence while maintaining the
				  confidentiality of such individuals.
(b) Individuals identified as having a
				  history of domestic violence shall be referred to a domestic violence agency or
				  domestic violence advocate for the following services:
(1) A determination of domestic violence
				  victim status, using the criteria set forth in section 17-656.1-20;
				  and
(2) An assessment and
				  development of an individualized service plan.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.1 - TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) › Subchapter 3 - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE › Section 17-656.1-21 - Extending the domestic violence victim status

Current through June, 2024
(a) The
				  domestic violence victim status shall be extended for an additional period of
				  up to six months immediately following the first six month period if the
				  following apply:
(1) The domestic violence
				  victim has maintained active participation with a domestic violence agency or
				  domestic violence advocate during the initial six-month period; and
(2) The domestic violence agency or domestic
				  violence advocate recommends the extension.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.1 - TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) › Subchapter 3 - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE › Section 17-656.1-23 - Confidentiality

Current through June, 2024
All information that an applicant or recipient provides
					 concerning domestic violence shall remain confidential to the extent permitted
					 by law.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.2 - OTHER FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17-656.2-1 - Purpose

Current through June, 2024
The purpose of this chapter is to establish the
					 eligibility requirements that applicants or recipients shall meet to receive
					 benefits or services under one of the other family assistance programs offered
					 by the department.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.2 - OTHER FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17-656.2-3 - Program requirements

Current through June, 2024
A household may be eligible for benefits under one of the
					 family assistance programs specified in this chapter if the following
					 categorical requirements are met:
(1)
				  At least one member of the household is a needy child as specified in section
				  17-656.1-6, including an eligible child who is excluded as specified in section
				  17-656.1-17(a);
(2) The needy child
				  is living with one of the relatives specified in section 17-656.1-7(b) in a
				  primary residence maintained as the child's own home; and
(3) All household members meet social
				  security number, residency, and citizenship requirements as specified in
				  chapter 17-655.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.2 - OTHER FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter 2 - EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDY PROGRAM › Section 17-656.2-7 - Purpose

Current through June, 2024
The purpose of this subchapter is to establish the
					 eligibility requirements and benefits of the employment subsidy
					 program.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.2 - OTHER FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter 2 - EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDY PROGRAM › Section 17-656.2-8 - General eligibility requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) The household
				  shall meet the categorical eligibility requirements specified in subchapter
				  1.
(b) The household shall be
				  determined to be a work eligible household as defined in section
				  17-656.2-2.
(c) The household shall
				  have exhausted the sixty-month time limit specified in section 17-656.1-3. In
				  addition, a minimum of twelve of the sixty months shall have been received from
				  the state of Hawaii.
(d) The
				  household's countable income and resources shall be in accordance with chapters
				  17-675 and 17-676.
(e) The
				  household's personal reserve shall not exceed $5,000 as specified in section
				  17-675-5.
(f) The household's total
				  monthly gross income shall not exceed one hundred and eighty-five per cent of
				  the household's standard of need as specified in section 17-680-8.
(g) Effective with the sixty-first month, at
				  least one adult in the household shall be employed a minimum of:
(1) Nineteen hours per week or eighty-two
				  hours per month for the first twelve consecutive employment subsidy
				  months;
(2) Twenty hours per week
				  or eighty-six hours per month for the thirteenth through the twenty-fourth
				  consecutive employment subsidy month; and
(3) Thirty hours per week or one hundred
				  twenty-nine hours a month from the twenty-fifth month through the sixtieth
				  consecutive employment subsidy month.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.2 - OTHER FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter 2 - EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDY PROGRAM › Section 17-656.2-9 - Determining program eligibility

Current through June, 2024
(a) An eligibility
				  determination shall be made immediately upon termination of financial
				  assistance due to the sixty-month time limit specified in section 17-656.1-3.
(1) A new application shall not be
				  required.
(2) Current verification
				  of resources, monthly income and monthly hours of employment shall be
				  required.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.2 - OTHER FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter 2 - EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDY PROGRAM › Section 17-656.2-10 - Benefit determination

Current through June, 2024
(a) A household
				  that meets all the categorical, general, and program requirements specified in
				  sections 17-656.2-3, 17-656.2-8, and 17-656.2-9 shall be eligible for an
				  employment subsidy payment of two hundred dollars per month for each adult
				  household member who is employed a minimum of:
(1) Nineteen hours per week or eighty-two
				  hours per month for the first twelve consecutive employment subsidy
				  months;
(2) Twenty hours per week
				  or eighty-six hours per month for the thirteenth through the twenty-fourth
				  consecutive employment subsidy month; and
(3) Thirty hours per week or one hundred
				  twenty-nine hours a month from the twenty-fifth month through the sixtieth
				  consecutive employment subsidy month.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.2 - OTHER FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter 3 - GRANT + › Section 17-656.2-14 - Purpose

Current through June, 2024
The purpose of this subchapter is to establish the
					 requirements of the Grant + program. An organization may participate by
					 employing public assistance recipients. The recipient's monthly assistance
					 grant will be diverted to the organization to pay a portion of the recipient's
					 wages.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.2 - OTHER FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter 3 - GRANT + › Section 17-656.2-15 - General eligibility requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) The following
				  general eligibility requirements shall be met:
(1) A household shall meet the categorical
				  eligibility requirements as specified in subchapter 1.
(2) An adult in a work eligible household
				  shall be eligible to participate.
(A) A work
				  eligible household shall not have exhausted the time limited sixty months of
				  TANF benefits as specified in section 17-656.1-3.
(B) When there is more than one work eligible
				  individual or other work eligible individual adult in the household, only one
				  adult may participate. The household shall determine which adult will
				  participate.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.2 - OTHER FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter 3 - GRANT + › Section 17-656.2-16 - Program eligibility requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) A TANF
				  recipient who wishes to participate in the Grant + program shall sign an
				  agreement with the department that specifies the participation requirements.
(1) The agreement shall be entered into at
				  the time the department initially refers the participant to the
				  employer.
(2) Failure of the
				  participant to comply with the agreement without good cause shall be a reason
				  for the employer to terminate participation in the program.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.2 - OTHER FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter 3 - GRANT + › Section 17-656.2-17 - Participation requirements

Current through June, 2024
Each participant shall:
(1) Work a minimum of thirty hours a week for
				  an organization;
(2) Accept that
				  the participant's employer will receive up to $650 per month on behalf of the
				  participant as the participant's full assistance payment;
(3) Accept family medical coverage from the
				  employer if it is available at no cost to the participant; and
(4) Agree to have their monthly assistance
				  grant issued to an employer in exchange for employment.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.2 - OTHER FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter 3 - GRANT + › Section 17-656.2-18 - Benefit determination

Current through June, 2024
A participant that has met the requirements of this
					 subchapter shall have the Grant + payment determined as follows:
(1) The Grant + payment shall be considered
				  full payment of the monthly assistance grant, except for the first month of
				  participation. The Grant + payment shall be equal to $650 a month regardless of
				  household size.
(2) The participant
				  shall receive their full assistance grant in the first month of participation
				  and a Grant + payment will be made to the employer for the participant's first
				  month of participation.
(3) The
				  Grant + payment shall be:
(A) Paid to the
				  employer.
(B) Issued after the
				  department receives an invoice from the employer.
(C) Prorated by the number of days actually
				  worked for months of partial participation resulting from new participation,
				  termination of participation, and unapproved absences.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.2 - OTHER FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter 3 - GRANT + › Section 17-656.2-19 - Notice requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) An adequate
				  notice as defined in chapter 17-649 shall be sent to the household as follows:
(1) To divert the payment from the household
				  to the employer;
(2) To change the
				  payment to $650 regardless of household size; or
(3) To restore financial assistance to the
				  standard of assistance as the recipient is no longer participating in Grant
				  +.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.2 - OTHER FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter 4 - SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM › Section 17-656.2-23 - Purpose

Current through June, 2024
The purpose of this subchapter is to establish the
					 requirements of the self-sufficiency program. Eligible households shall be paid
					 monthly benefits in a lump-sum payment to be used for a specific purpose that
					 will lead to self-sufficiency.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.2 - OTHER FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter 4 - SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM › Section 17-656.2-24 - General eligibility requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) A household
				  shall meet the categorical eligibility requirements as specified in subchapter
				  1.
(b) The countable resources of
				  the assistance unit shall be determined in accordance with chapter 17-675 and
				  shall not exceed the personal reserve standard of $5,000.
(c) The countable income of the assistance
				  unit shall be determined in accordance with chapter 17-676.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.2 - OTHER FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter 4 - SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM › Section 17-656.2-25 - Program eligibility requirement

Current through June, 2024
(a) To receive
				  monthly benefits in a lump-sum payment as a self-sufficiency payment a
				  household shall make a request in writing. The request shall specify the
				  following:
(1) A planned use for the money
				  that demonstrates that it can be reasonably anticipated to lead to
				  self-sufficiency; and
(2) The
				  payment will be used for a legal purpose.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.2 - OTHER FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter 4 - SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM › Section 17-656.2-26 - Benefit determination

Current through June, 2024
(a) A household
				  that has met the requirements of this subchapter may request a self-sufficiency
				  payment equaling three months, six months, or eight months of
				  benefits.
(b) The total number of
				  months used to determine a self-sufficiency payment shall not exceed the number
				  of time eligible months remaining for the household.
(c) A household shall have the
				  self-sufficiency payment determined as follows:
(1) For applicants, the self-sufficiency
				  payment shall equal the amount of the first eligible full monthly TANF payment
				  multiplied by the number of months of benefits being requested.
(2) For recipients, the self-sufficiency
				  payment shall equal the amount of the TANF payment for the month following the
				  month a self-sufficiency payment is requested multiplied by the number of
				  months being requested.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.2 - OTHER FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter 7 - SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVING CHILD WELFARE SERVICES › Section 17-656.2-47 - Purpose

Current through June, 2024
The purpose of this subchapter is to establish the
					 requirements for households receiving child welfare services (CWS) to receive
					 supportive services through the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families block
					 grant.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.2 - OTHER FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter 7 - SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVING CHILD WELFARE SERVICES › Section 17-656.2-48 - General eligibility requirement

Current through June, 2024
(1) Been processed
				  through the child welfare services intake unit and have an active case;
				  and
(2) At least one dependent
				  minor child in the home or if the child has been removed from the home there is
				  a plan for the child to be returned to the home within one hundred and eighty
				  days; and
(3) Gross income that is
				  below the standard established in the TANF State Plan for CWS families to
				  receive supportive services; and
(4) A social services plan that requires
				  services for one or all the adults in the household.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.2 - OTHER FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter 8 - EMPLOYMENT BONUS PROGRAM › Section 17-656.2-52 - Purpose

Current through June, 2024
The purpose of this subchapter is to establish the
					 requirements of the employment bonus program. The employment bonus program is
					 being developed to assist employed households in receipt of TANF benefits to
					 become self-supporting by providing an exit bonus and job retention bonuses.
					 The exit bonus will be paid to eligible households who exit the TANF program
					 provided the household exits prior to receiving twenty-five months of TANF
					 assistance from July 1997. The job retention bonuses will be paid to eligible
					 households at specified intervals during a consecutive twenty-four month
					 period.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.2 - OTHER FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter 8 - EMPLOYMENT BONUS PROGRAM › Section 17-656.2-53 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
For the purpose of this subchapter:
"Average monthly hours" means the total number of hours
					 employed for the most recent three months preceding the month of determination,
					 which shall be divided by three and rounded down to the nearest whole number.
					 For self-employed persons, it means the monthly gross income for each of the
					 most recent three months preceding the month of determination. The sum of the
					 three months' income shall be divided by three and then divided by the state
					 minimum wage. The resulting amount shall be rounded down to the nearest whole
					 number.
"Employed" means a person who is working the minimum
					 number of required hours a week in the most current pay period in exchange for
					 wages. For self-employed persons, the self-employment must produce income
					 equivalent to at least the minimum number of required hours at the state
					 minimum wage.
"Exit bonus" means a bonus paid to a household with an
					 employed adult who exits the TANF program prior to receiving twenty-five months
					 of TANF assistance and who meets the requirements of section
					 17-656.2-54. The department shall
					 count the number of months the employed adult recipient received TANF benefits
					 since July 1997 to determine whether the household has received less than
					 twenty-five months of benefits.
"First to Work" means a work program which provides
					 employment preparation and support services to TANF households as defined in
					 chapter 17-684.
"Job retention bonus" means a bonus paid at intervals of
					 three months, six months, twelve months, and twenty-four months to a household
					 which exited TANF before receiving twenty-five months of TANF benefits and is
					 no longer receiving TANF, Grant +, or Self-Sufficiency benefits and meets the
					 requirements of §
										17-656.2-55 at each
					 interval.
"Twenty-four month period" means the twenty-four
					 consecutive month period, beginning with the first month of closure for any
					 reason, prior to receiving twenty-five months of TANF assistance. The
					 department shall count the number of months the employed adult recipient
					 received TANF benefits since July 1997 to determine whether the household has
					 received less than twenty-five months of TANF benefits.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.2 - OTHER FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter 8 - EMPLOYMENT BONUS PROGRAM › Section 17-656.2-54 - Exit bonus requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) An exit bonus
				  may be paid to eligible households that submit a timely application no later
				  than the last calendar day in the month following the month action is taken to
				  terminate benefits. The applicant shall:
(1)
				  Meet the categorical eligibility requirements specified in subchapter
				  1;
(2) Have received at least one
				  month of TANF benefits and less than twenty-five months of TANF benefits. The
				  Department shall determine the number of months based on the adult with the
				  greater number of months on TANF;
(3) Have been terminated from TANF benefits:
(A) By voluntary request for case closure,
				  provided that households who received Self-Sufficiency payments shall be
				  considered recipients for the period the Self-Sufficiency payment was
				  issued;
(B) Due to excess income;
				  or
(C) Due to excess
				  assets;
(4) Have total
				  monthly gross income which does not exceed three hundred per cent of the
				  federal poverty level in effect on July 1 of each year. Countable income shall
				  be determined and budgeted as specified in chapter 17-676;
(5) Have at least one employed adult at time
				  of termination from TANF who is expected to continue to be employed:
(A) The adult shall be expected to be
				  employed at least eighty-six hours a month or have self-employment.
				  Self-employment gross income must meet or exceed eighty-six hours at state
				  minimum wage.
(B) An adult who has
				  more than one employment shall be allowed to use the total hours of all
				  employment to determine the number of hours employed.
(C) If there is more than one employed adult,
				  the total hours worked by both adults can be used to determine eligibility for
				  the exit bonus.
(D) Any adult whose
				  employment hours are used to determine eligibility for the exit bonus shall be
				  considered to have received the exit bonus; and
(6) Have not previously received the exit
				  bonus.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.2 - OTHER FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter 8 - EMPLOYMENT BONUS PROGRAM › Section 17-656.2-55 - Job retention bonus requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) An eligible
				  household may receive a job retention bonus for remaining off assistance for
				  three months, six months, twelve months or twenty-four months in a consecutive
				  twenty-four month period beginning with the first month of closure for any
				  reason, prior to receiving twenty-five months of TANF assistance.
(b) The requirements specified in subsection
				  (c) below shall be reviewed at each bonus period to determine eligibility for
				  each bonus.
(c) To be eligible for
				  a job retention bonus, the household shall meet the requirements of the exit
				  bonus as specified in section 17-656.2-54; provided that the reason for closure
				  will not affect eligibility for the job retention bonus, except for closure of
				  the Self-Sufficiency Program as specified in 17-656.2-54(3)(A).
(d) Additional requirements include:
(1) For the three month retention bonus, at
				  least one adult must be employed for the three months from the date of closure,
				  and the household has not received any financial assistance or non-assistance
				  benefits during these three months;
(2) For the six month retention bonus, at
				  least one adult must be employed in the fourth through the sixth month from the
				  date of closure and the household has not received any financial assistance or
				  non-assistance benefits in the fourth through the sixth month;
(3) For the twelve month retention bonus, at
				  least one adult is employed in the seventh through twelfth month from date of
				  closure, and the household has not received any financial assistance or
				  non-assistance benefits in the seventh through twelfth month of the twenty-four
				  month period;
(4) For the
				  twenty-four month retention bonus, at least one adult is employed in the
				  thirteenth to the twenty-fourth month from the date of closure, and the
				  household has not received any financial assistance or non-assistance benefits
				  in the thirteenth through the twenty-fourth month; and
(5) Breaks in employment may not exceed two
				  weeks in any quarter and the break must be for good cause reasons as described
				  in section 17-794.1-40.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.2 - OTHER FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter 8 - EMPLOYMENT BONUS PROGRAM › Section 17-656.2-56 - Determining the job retention bonus amount

Current through June, 2024
(a) An eligible
				  household may receive a job retention bonus for employment at intervals of
				  three months, six months, twelve months, or twenty-four months.
(b) The job retention bonus shall be
				  determined as follows:
(1) Three months:
(A) A bonus in the amount of $700 shall be
				  paid if the average monthly hours are not less than eighty-six hours but not
				  more than one hundred twenty-eight hours;
(B) A bonus in the amount of $950 shall be
				  paid if the average monthly hours are not less than one hundred twenty-nine
				  hours but not more than one hundred seventy-two hours.
(C) A bonus in the amount of $1250 shall be
				  paid if the average monthly hours are one hundred seventy-three hours or
				  more.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 656.2 - OTHER FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › Subchapter 8 - EMPLOYMENT BONUS PROGRAM › Section 17-656.2-57 - Notices to households

Current through June, 2024
The household shall be notified in writing of their
					 potential eligibility for the exit bonus and the job retention
					 bonuses.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 658 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO AGED, BLIND, AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS › Section 17-658-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
For the purposes of this chapter:
"Essential person" means a person who does not qualify for
				  financial assistance under State AABD or AFDC in the person's own right and who
				  meets all the requirements under section
				  17-658-6.
"Full-time employment" means employment of thirty-two (32)
				  hours per week or one hundred and thirty-eight (138) hours per month.
"RSDI" means Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
				  benefits which are administered by the Social Security Administration under
				  Title II of the Social Security Act.
"SSI" means Supplemental Security Income, a financial
				  assistance program for aged, blind, and disabled individuals administered by
				  the Social Security Administration under Title XVI of the Social Security
				  Act.
"State AABD" means the state-funded financial assistance
				  program administered by the department of human services for aged, blind, and
				  disabled individuals.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 658 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO AGED, BLIND, AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS › Section 17-658-3 - Categorical eligibility requirements and verification of those requirements for individuals applying for or receiving financial assistance as aged individuals

Current through June, 2024
(a) The categorical
				eligibility requirement for an aged individual is that the individual be at
				least 65 years of age within the initial month of eligibility.
(b) Verification of age shall be required.
(1) Birth verification, including but not
				limited to legal documents and church records, may serve as
				verification.
(2) Eligibility for
				or receipt of SSI or RSDI benefits on the basis of being aged may serve as
				verification of being an aged individual.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 658 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO AGED, BLIND, AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS › Section 17-658-4 - Categorical eligibility requirements and verification of those requirements for individuals applying for or receiving financial assistance as blind individuals

Current through June, 2024
(a) The categorical
				eligibility requirement for a blind individual is central visual acuity of
				20/200 or worse in the better eye with correcting lens, or that the widest
				field of vision subtends an angle no greater that twenty degrees (tunnel
				vision).
(b) Verification of
				blindness shall be required.
(1) Eligibility
				for or receipt of SSI payments on the basis of blindness shall be verification
				of blindness.
(2) Certification of
				blindness by the department's blind services division, Ho'opono, shall be
				verification of blindness, in the absence of eligibility for or payments of SSI
				benefits on the basis of blindness.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 658 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO AGED, BLIND, AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS › Section 17-658-5 - Categorical eligibility requirements and verification of those requirements for individuals applying for or receiving financial assistance as disabled individuals

Current through June, 2024
(a) The categorical
				eligibility requirement for a disabled individual is that the individual be
				unable to engage in substantial gainful activity because of a medically
				determinable physical or mental impairment which may be expected to result in
				death or which has lasted or may be expected to last for a continuous period of
				not less than twelve months.
(b)
				Verification of disability shall be required.
(1) Eligibility for or receipt of SSI or RSDI
				benefits on the basis of being disabled shall be verification of being a
				disabled individual.
(2)
				Certification of disability by the department's aid to the disabled review
				committee (ADRC) is required in the absence of eligibility for or receipt of
				SSI or RSDI disability benefits.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 658 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO AGED, BLIND, AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS › Section 17-658-6 - Essential persons

Current through June, 2024
(a) An individual
				who is designated by a state AABD applicant or recipient as being essential to
				the applicant's or recipient's well-being may be considered eligible to be
				included in the assistance unit as an essential person. The name of the
				designated essential person shall be included on the application of the state
				AABD individual with the understanding that financial need shall be determined
				on the basis of a family unit rather than a single individual.
(b) The essential person must meet the
				following requirements:
(1) The person must be
				living with the individual eligible for state AABD by whom the person was
				designated as essential;
(2) The
				person must be an adult living with the eligible adult in a relationship in
				which both adults consider and represent one another as married persons to
				relatives, friends, neighbors, or trades people; and
(3) The essential person may not be the
				legally married spouse.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 658 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO AGED, BLIND, AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS › Section 17-658-6.1 - Requirements of the essential person or legal spouse

Current through June, 2024
(a)
				The designated essential person or legal spouse of the individual eligible for
				state AABD, who is under age sixty and not employed full-time, shall be
				required to register for and actively seek employment through the state
				department of labor and industrial relations (DLIR) on a monthly basis and
				shall accept any bonafide offer of employment.
(b) A bonafide job offer shall be considered
				to have been made when a prospective employer makes a verbal or written offer
				to the individual for a specific position that:
(1) Shall be available within one month from
				the date of the offer;
(2) The
				individual is capable of performing;
(3) Shall not be hazardous to the
				individual's health, safety, or well being;
(4) Will require no more than two hours of
				travel daily to and from work and home; and
(5) Shall provide the individual with at
				least one hundred and thirty-eight hours of work per month.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 658 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO AGED, BLIND, AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS › Section 17-658-7 - State financial assistance for aged, blind, and disabled individuals

Current through June, 2024
(a) State AABD benefits shall be provided to:
(1) A person who is a beneficiary of SSI or
				RSDI as an aged, blind, or disabled person and who has insufficient income and
				assets, including the person's SSI and RSDI benefits, for the person's support
				based upon the department's applicable standard of assistance, under the
				financial assistance program. Further verification of age, blindness, or
				disability shall not be required for these SSI or RSDI beneficiaries.
(2) Persons who are aged, blind, or disabled,
				who have been determined by the Supplemental Security Income office to be
				ineligible for SSI because of excessive income or assets although categorically
				eligible for SSI, and who have insufficient income and assets for the person's
				support based upon the department's applicable standards of assistance for
				state AABD.
(A) Verification of age shall not
				be required for individuals found to be categorically eligible for SSI because
				of age.
(B) Verification of
				blindness or disability shall be required of individuals found categorically
				eligible for SSI because of blindness or disability. The verification shall be
				required to enable the department to establish whether the blindness or
				disability is correctable, temporary, or permanent.
(3) An individual who is essential to the
				eligible aged, blind, or disabled individual and who meets the requirements and
				definition of an essential person as specified in this chapter.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 658 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO AGED, BLIND, AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS › Section 17-658-8 - Three month readjustment period for state AABD recipients

Current through June, 2024
(a)
				The amount of state AABD payment to which an individual is entitled shall be
				continued for three months following the month the blindness or disability is
				no longer an eligibility condition, provided that the recipient's income and
				assets are below the amounts allowed by the department.
(b) The disregarded income of the recipient
				shall not be considered in determining the need of any other individual
				applying for or receiving financial assistance under any financial assistance
				category.