The 2008 Health and Human Services (HHS) Poverty Guidelines were published in the Federal Register on 1/23/2008.  The HHS Poverty Guideline is used to calculate the eligibility standards in the following programs:  TAFDC: Income from the Parent(s) of a Teen Parent Under Age 18 (200 percent of poverty guideline);EA Eligibility Standard (130 percent of poverty guideline); and Food Stamps: Gross Monthly Categorical Eligibility Income Standards (200 percent of poverty guideline).  

DTA child care vouchers are not available to grandparents who are ineligible TAFDC grantees (not on the grant) or to teen parents who are not on the grant and are living with their parents.

Teen parent GED voucher; TAFDC step-parent income

Learnfare; teen parent AU compositionm for TAFDC and FS.

Orientation incentive payments for parents not on TAFDC grant, including due to immigration status; every parent eligible for orientation incentive payment, including each parent in two parent family and teen parents who are dependents on their parents' grants;

TAFDC: teen parent can keep her baby out of teen parent's mother's assistance unit in order to keep child support payments; no penalty warning notice necessary before child support noncooperation sanctions; step-parent who opts out of grant does not have income included (can opt out where neither natural parent is present in home);  Unemployment compensation information accessible by computer match.

EAEDC; lump sum income; TAFDC: Child care for teen parent in foster care; All programs: how to count personal property for asset limit purposes.

TAFDC: deeming of parent income to teen parents (but not step-parent income); work study income and monthly reporting (if no prior earned income, does not need to do monthly reporting for work study income).

FS: amount of income to count, and length of time to count  it,  when recipient is sanctioned on TAFDC gran -- addresses many situations,  including teen parent issues; FS: treatment of irregular earned income; FS: Prorating SUA in households with two FS assistance units.

TAFDC: Teen parent outreach service referrals; FS: how to treat conflicting information about SSI amounts; FS: SSI recoupment must be considered in determining income-- SSI recoupment is not treated the same as TAFDC sanctions for FS purposes; FS eligibility for refugees; TAFDC: recipient may be eligible for DV waivers even if batterer is in prison.

TAFDC: start of 60 month time clock; TAFDC: sanctioning of dependent child teen not meeting ESP requirements; TAFDC: teen parent in custody of DSS; TAFDC: how to adjust time clock upon approval of disability exemption.

TAFDC: exclusion of teen parent's baby from assistance unit of teen parent's mother (so the baby can keep child support); FS: mortgage payments beyond what is required are not deductible; TAFDC: recipient living in development with federal subsidy entitle to rent allowance if no Section 8 or MRVP in use; TAFDC: ineligible immigrants with children on TAFDC and proration of shelter costs (none if parent has no  income).

TAFDC: Teen parent sanctions for not cooperating with child support enforcement; TAFDC: Home schooling meets Work Program requirement and Learnfare requirement; TAFDC: Teen parent exemptions while living in TLP; TAFDC: Family cap exceptions and lack of eligibility of family cap child for layette benefits.