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

(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:

(b) A household, as defined in section 17-656.2-2, shall include at least one work eligible individual as defined in section 17-656.1-2.

(c) One adult in the household shall have a work history of at least six months in the thirty-six months prior to the month of request for a self-sufficiency payment.

(d) The total number of months used to determine the self-sufficiency payment shall not exceed the number of time eligible months remaining for the household. The assistance unit must be eligible for an TANF payment in the month the self-sufficiency payment is issued.

(f) The assistance unit shall be issued a self-sufficiency payment only once in the time limited sixty-months of TANF benefits.

(g) A self-sufficiency payment shall not be counted toward the household's sixty months of TANF benefits.

(h) An eligible household shall be exempt from the reporting requirements and the annual eligibility redetermination provisions as specified in chapters 17-650 and 17-648 respectively.