New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 139 - FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
Part 501 - TRANSITIONAL FOOD STAMP BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY
Section 8.139.501.8 - TRANSITIONAL FOOD STAMP BENEFITS
Universal Citation: 8 NM Admin Code 8.139.501.8
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Requirement: Transitional food stamp (TFS) benefits shall be extended to households that receive food stamp benefits and also receiving payments from one of the following cash assistance programs:
(1) TANF; or
(2) New Mexico education works; or
(3) transition bonus program; or
(4) GA dependent child program
B. Conditions: Transitional food stamp benefits shall be extended to a household receiving food stamp benefits under the following conditions:
(1) cash assistance payments for any of the
cash assistance programs listed above will be terminated; and
(2) the household received food stamp
benefits in the same month the determination is made that the cash assistance
payment will be terminated.
C. Extending transitional food stamp benefits: A food stamp household shall be eligible for TFS if the household meets any one of the following conditions:
(1)
Gross income exceeds the cash
assistance limit: The cash assistance payment is terminated because the
benefit group's gross income exceeds the gross income limit for the size of the
benefit group.
(2)
Net
income exceeds the cash assistance limit: The cash assistance payment is
terminated because the benefit group's net income exceeds the net income limit
for the size of the cash assistance benefit group.
(3)
Cash assistance ineligibility at
recertification: The cash assistance payment is terminated at
recertification, and after the interview, because the benefit group is
determined to be ineligible to continue receiving cash assistance or the
benefit group chooses not to continue receiving cash assistance for any
reason.
(4)
Same
certification period end date: The food stamp and the cash assistance
certification period end dates are in the same month and the benefit group
chooses not to continue with the cash assistance recertification process for
any reason.
(5)
No dependent
children: The cash assistance payment is terminated because there are no
longer any eligible dependent children in the cash assistance benefit
group.
(6)
60-month term
limit: The cash assistance payment is terminated because at least one
adult in the TANF benefit group has reached the TANF 60-month term limit for
receipt of cash assistance, the 18 month time limit for the transition bonus
program, or the EWP term limit.
(7)
TANF hardship extension ends: The TANF cash assistance payment is
terminated because the hardship extension of TANF cash assistance
ends.
(8)
Term limit appeal
status: The cash assistance benefit group has appealed the termination
of cash assistance due to the term limit and the benefits are terminated
because the hearing decision is in favor of the department.
(9)
Wage subsidy program
participation: The TANF cash assistance payment is terminated because
the benefit group has been accepted into the wage subsidy program pursuant to
8.102.460.19 NMAC.
(10)
Head
of household requests closure of cash assistance case: The head of
household requests closure of the cash assistance case in writing, as long as
the benefit group continues to reside in New Mexico.
D. Households not eligible for TFS: Certain food stamp households shall not be extended TFS if at the time the TANF cash assistance payment is terminated:
(1) a TANF benefit group is in sanction
status at the third sanction level because a TANF benefit group member has
failed to comply with work requirements, child support enforcement or reporting
requirements;
(2) a TANF benefit
group is in sanction status at the first or second sanction level because a
TANF benefit group member has failed to comply with work requirements, child
support enforcement or reporting requirements;
(3) a TANF benefit group's payment is
terminated because the only dependent child in the benefit group is not in
compliance with school attendance requirements;
(4) a food stamp household contains an
individual who is disqualified due to a failure of the individual to comply
with employment and training work requirements.
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