Illinois Administrative Code
Title 56 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Part 2665 - WELFARE-TO-WORK BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
Section 2665.60 - Eligibility Requirements

Universal Citation: 56 IL Admin Code ยง 2665.60

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024

a) Persons eligible to receive services under the Welfare-to-Work program must meet the eligibility requirements of subsection 2665.60(a)(1) or (a)(2) of this Section.

1) Participants under the Long-term Targeted TANF Recipients Program must be:
A) authorized to work in the United States,

B) a resident of the SDA in which served,

C) a long-term TANF recipient, or pending TANF termination due to a durational limit, or exceeding a TANF duration limit, and

D) either:
i) have two of the following three characteristics: limited education, requires substance abuse treatment for employment, poor work history, or

ii) be a non-custodial parent of a minor child of a TANF recipient whose custodial parent meets one of the criteria in subsection (a)(1)(C). The non-custodial parent only needs to meet the criteria in subsection (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B) and (a)(1)(D) above as long as the custodial parent meets the other criteria.

2) Participants under the Long-term Dependency Characteristics Program must be:
A) authorized to work in the United States,

B) a resident of the SDA in which served,

C) have one or more long-term dependency characteristics, as defined in subsection (a)(1)(D) above, and

D) either:
i) is a TANF recipient, or

ii) is a non-custodial parent of a minor child of a TANF recipient, or

iii) exceeded a TANF duration limit.

b) SDAs are responsible for ensuring that participants served with WtW funds meet federal eligibility criteria. Procedures to accurately determine and appropriately document eligibility must include:

1) arrangements with the TANF agency to ensure that the determination is based on information current at the time of eligibility determination about whether an individual is receiving TANF assistance, the length of receipt of such assistance, and when an individual may become ineligible for assistance due to reaching a duration limit on assistance;

2) determination of barriers to employment and long-term welfare dependency characteristics that may be based on information collected by the SDA or by the TANF agency no more than six months prior to eligibility determination;

3) arrangements with the TANF agency to identify the non-custodial parents of TANF recipients who may be eligible for the program; and

4) arrangements with the TANF agency to determine whether an individual who is not receiving TANF would be eligible to receive assistance if not for the fact that the individual had reached a duration limit on the receipt of assistance.

c) Once an individual begins receiving WtW services, the SDA is not required to redetermine eligibility.

Disclaimer: These regulations may not be the most recent version. Illinois may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.