Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 468 - AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN (ADC)
Chapter 4 - EMPLOYMENT FIRST SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM (EF)
Section 468-4-011 - TIME LIMIT FOR AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN

Universal Citation: 468 NE Admin Rules and Regs ch 4 ยง 011

Current through March 20, 2024

Aid to Dependent Children recipient families that include an adult or minor parent who meets the definition of a work-eligible individual are subject to the time limit, unless otherwise exempt. Families subject to the time limit may receive an Aid to Dependent Children for which they are eligible for a total of 60 months in a lifetime. The 60-month lifetime limit begins with the first month the family is determined to be eligible for and receives Aid to Dependent Children. When one parent in a two-parent household reaches their 60-month lifetime limit, the result will be the loss of Aid to Dependent Children for the entire family. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families received from another state will apply towards the family's 60-month lifetime limit. The benefit state's policies will determine which months count towards the federal 60-month lifetime limit.

011.01 SITUATIONS WHERE THE AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN IS NOT LIMITED TO 60 MONTHS. The receipt of Aid to Dependent Children is not limited to 60 months if:

(1) The Department establishes that there is no job available to the participant where the unearned income and the net earned income would exceed the Aid to Dependent Children payment level. This does not apply where the participant has voluntarily quit or failed to accept a job offer without good cause of has been sanctioned for failure to comply with the job-related requirements of the Self-Sufficiency Contract;

(2) Without Aid to Dependent Children cash assistance the family would not have sufficient funds to avoid extreme hardship;

(3) The adult or minor parent head-of-household is no longer able to meet the conditions of the Self-Sufficiency Contract;

(4) The Department has failed to meet the terms of the Self-Sufficiency Contract; or

(5) The Department has determined that the family is incapable of achieving total economic self-sufficiency because of the mental or physical conditions, or intellectual limitations of the adult or minor parent.

011.01(A) EXTREME HARDSHIP. A family is considered to be suffering from extreme hardship if they do not have adequate cash resources to meet the costs of the basic needs of food, clothing, and housing without assistance or the child or children are at risk of losing care by and residence with their parent(s) or usual caretaker. A family is considered to have inadequate cash resources if their unearned income and net earned income is insufficient to meet their current payment level.

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