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

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.