Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part II - Public Assistance Manual › Subpart D - Determination of Need and Amount of Assistance › Chapter 171 - BUDGET GROUP PROVISIONS FOR AFDC/GA › NEED AND AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS FOR AFDC/GA › Section 171.21 - Policy

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Grant
					 groups.
When certain persons living together are eligible for
					 assistance, more Federal participation is generally assured if persons in an
					 assistance unit are grouped by grants as set forth in this subsection.
					 Therefore, grant groups are set up as indicated in this subsection with the
					 following exception: Another grant group may not be set up in an assistance
					 unit if doing so would make a person in that grant group ineligible by reason
					 of the "minimum grant" regulation under Chapter 183 (relating to income). A
					 person may not be a member of more than one of the following grant groups:
(1)
TANF filing unit.
(i) An TANF filing unit shall include the
					 following persons living in the same household as the TANF child:
(A) The children eligible for TANF. Children
					 under the care and control of the same specified relative will always be in one
					 filing unit.
(B) A natural or
					 adoptive parent shall be included unless the parent is otherwise ineligible for
					 reasons such as: citizenship status, a sanction placed by the CAO under Chapter
					 165 or Chapter 187 (relating to road to economic self-sufficiency through
					 employment and training (RESET) program); and support from relatives not living
					 with the client), or receipt of lump sum income under Chapter 183. A parent who
					 is not designated as the specified relative (ES) for the TANF child shall be
					 included in the filing unit as an essential person (EE) or, as a dependent
					 child (EC) if the parent qualifies as a dependent child.
(C) A brother or sister shall be included if
					 the brother or sister meets the following conditions. The brother or sister is:
(I) Seventeen years of age or younger, or 18
					 years of age if a full-time student in a secondary school-or the equivalent
					 level of a vocational or technical school-and is reasonably expected to
					 complete the schooling before 19 years of age.
(II) Deprived of parental support or care by
					 reason of the death, absence, physical or mental incapacity or unemployment of
					 a parent under Chapter 153 (relating to deprivation of support or
					 care).
(III) A full or half-sibling
					 of the children eligible for TANF.
(IV) Not a recipient of SSI.
(V) Not otherwise ineligible for TANF for
					 other reasons such as: citizenship status, a sanction placed by the CAO under
					 Chapter 165 or Chapter 187 or receipt of lump sum income under Chapter
					 183.
(VI) Not receiving Federal
					 adoption assistance subsidies under Title IV-E of the Adoption Assistance and
					 Child Welfare Act of 1980 (Pub.L. No. 96-272) (94 Stat. 500) or, State or local
					 adoption assistance subsidies, unless the child is eligible under the program
					 requirements and because it is to the benefit of the budget group, the child
					 shall be included. If the adopted child is included in the budget group, his
					 income from the Federal, State or local adoption assistance subsidies is
					 counted in the eligibility determination and benefit computation under Chapter
					 183. If the adopted child is not included in the budget group, his income is
					 not counted in the eligibility determination and benefit computation under
					 Chapter 183.
(VII) Not receiving
					 Federal foster care payments under Title IV-E or State or local foster care
					 payments.