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Part 4: Financial Eligibilitiy

  • 59. What is financial eligibility?
  • 60. What is income?
  • 61. What income is not counted?
  • 62. What income is counted?
  • 63. Does TAFDC count assets?
  • 64. What if you are expecting money from an accident or illness?
  • 65. What happens if your child's father (or mother) pays child support?
  • 66. Does DTA ever count money as income even if you do not get it?
  • 67. How does DTA count income of a stepparent or ineligible noncitizen parent?
  • 68. How is grandparent income counted towards the baby of a teen parent?
  • 69. What if a stepparent, parent or grandparent refuses to give income information?
  • 70. Does DTA count in-kind income?
  • 71. Do gifts count as income?
  • 72. How do you figure monthly income?
  • 73. How much income can you have and still qualify for TAFDC?
  • 74. What is the 6-month 100% earned income disregard?
  • 75. How much will you get each month?
  • 76. What is lump sum income and why is it a problem?
  • 77. Can you exclude any money from the lump sum rule?
  • 78. What happens if you run out of money before the lump sum time is up?
‹ 58. What if you have a good reason for not meeting Work Program rules? up 59. What is financial eligibility? ›
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2022 TAFDC Advocacy Guide

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  • Introduction to TAFDC Guide
  • Part 1: General Eligibility Rules
  • Part 2: Assistance Units
  • Part 3: Time Limit and Work Program Rules and Exemptions
  • Part 4: Financial Eligibilitiy
    • 59. What is financial eligibility?
    • 60. What is income?
    • 61. What income is not counted?
    • 62. What income is counted?
    • 63. Does TAFDC count assets?
    • 64. What if you are expecting money from an accident or illness?
    • 65. What happens if your child's father (or mother) pays child support?
    • 66. Does DTA ever count money as income even if you do not get it?
    • 67. How does DTA count income of a stepparent or ineligible noncitizen parent?
    • 68. How is grandparent income counted towards the baby of a teen parent?
    • 69. What if a stepparent, parent or grandparent refuses to give income information?
    • 70. Does DTA count in-kind income?
    • 71. Do gifts count as income?
    • 72. How do you figure monthly income?
    • 73. How much income can you have and still qualify for TAFDC?
    • 74. What is the 6-month 100% earned income disregard?
    • 75. How much will you get each month?
    • 76. What is lump sum income and why is it a problem?
    • 77. Can you exclude any money from the lump sum rule?
    • 78. What happens if you run out of money before the lump sum time is up?
  • Part 5: Benefits and Services
  • Part 6: Applications and Proofs
  • Part 7: Proving Continuing Eligibility
  • Part 8: Appeal Rights
  • Part 9: Overpayments and Fraud
  • Appendicies
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