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 17-656.2-54 - Exit bonus requirements
Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 17-656.2-54
Current through November, 2024
(a) An exit bonus may be paid to eligible households that submit a timely application no later than the last calendar day in the month following the month action is taken to terminate benefits. The applicant shall:
(1)
Meet the categorical eligibility requirements specified in subchapter
1;
(2) Have received at least one
month of TANF benefits and less than twenty-five months of TANF benefits. The
Department shall determine the number of months based on the adult with the
greater number of months on TANF;
(3) Have been terminated from TANF benefits:
(A) By voluntary request for case closure,
provided that households who received Self-Sufficiency payments shall be
considered recipients for the period the Self-Sufficiency payment was
issued;
(B) Due to excess income;
or
(C) Due to excess
assets;
(4) Have total
monthly gross income which does not exceed three hundred per cent of the
federal poverty level in effect on July 1 of each year. Countable income shall
be determined and budgeted as specified in chapter 17-676;
(5) Have at least one employed adult at time
of termination from TANF who is expected to continue to be employed:
(A) The adult shall be expected to be
employed at least eighty-six hours a month or have self-employment.
Self-employment gross income must meet or exceed eighty-six hours at state
minimum wage.
(B) An adult who has
more than one employment shall be allowed to use the total hours of all
employment to determine the number of hours employed.
(C) If there is more than one employed adult,
the total hours worked by both adults can be used to determine eligibility for
the exit bonus.
(D) Any adult whose
employment hours are used to determine eligibility for the exit bonus shall be
considered to have received the exit bonus; and
(6) Have not previously received the exit
bonus.
(b) The exit bonus shall be determined as follows:
(1) A
bonus in the amount of $500 shall be paid if the average monthly hours are
expected to be not less than eighty-six hours but not more than one hundred
twenty-eight hours;
(2) A bonus in
the amount of $700 shall be paid if the average monthly hours are expected to
be not less than one hundred twenty-nine hours but not more than one hundred
seventy-two hours.
(3) A bonus in
the amount of $1000 shall be paid if the average monthly hours are expected to
be one hundred seventy-three hours or more.
(c) Receipt of the exit bonus is limited to once in the lifetime of the household in which the employed adult resides.
(d) An exit bonus payment shall not be subject to overpayment and recovery provisions specified in chapter 17-683.
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