Code of Massachusetts Regulations
106 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE
Title 106 CMR 703.000 - Transitional Cash Assistance Programs: Nonfinancial Eligibility
Section 703.120 - TAFDC Time-limited Benefits

(1) The initial continuous 60-month period begins on the date an assistance unit first becomes eligible for TAFDC. The maximum cumulative 24-month period in a continuous 60-month period begins on the date that an exempt grantee becomes nonexempt, or the date a nonexempt grantee first becomes eligible for TAFDC, whichever is later.

(2) An assistance unit shall be considered to be receiving TAFDC if it:

(3) The calculation of a nonexempt grantee's cumulative 24-month period shall stop when:

(4) A nonexempt grantee's cumulative 24-month period is not stopped when there is a sanction period imposed on a member of the assistance unit, except as specified in 106 CMR 703.120(A)(3)(a).

(5) The calculation of the 60-month period cannot be stopped.

(6) If aid to the assistance unit has been terminated because of the end of the cumulative 24-month period, the assistance unit may establish eligibility for TAFDC before the end of the continuous 60-month period if the grantee meets an exemption found at 106 CMR 703.100. (7) At the end of a continuous 60-month period, a nonexempt grantee may reapply for TAFDC and begin a new cumulative 24-month eligibility period and a new continuous 60-month period.

(8) In a two-parent household, both parents shall have the same 60-month period. If, because of a prior period of assistance, both parents do not share the same start date of their 60-month period, the earliest date shall apply to the household.

(1) A teen parent (see 106 CMR 703.180) who received assistance as a member of another TAFDC assistance unit may reapply for TAFDC, if he or she meets the teen parent requirements found at 106 CMR 703.180, and:

(2) At the time of the reapplication, the worker shall determine if the teen parent meets an exemption specified in 106 CMR 703.100, and:

(1) The preferred verification of death is the death certificate. If the death certificate cannot be obtained, death is verified by a signed statement from the funeral director or a newspaper death notice. If these are not available, death is verified by the following:

(2) a written report from a physician that verifies the incapacity and the inability of the child's custodial parents to care for the child;

(3) documentation that the legal custody or guardianship of the child has been transferred to the other parent or a relative;

(4) written documentation from the penal institution verifying the incarceration of the custodial parents and the dates of incarceration and expected release, if any; or

(5) written documentation from the institution where the custodial parent is institutionalized, as well as the date of admission and expected date of discharge, if any.