Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a)
General. The following are the general TANF age requirements:
(1) The child shall conform with one of the
following age requirements:
(i) Be under 18
years of age.
(ii) Be under 18
years of age or under 19 years of age and a full-time student in a secondary
school or in the equivalent level of vocational or technical
training.
(b)
Attending school or training. The following will constitute
TANF age requirements for youths attending school or training:
(1) The youth under 19 years of age will be
considered to have met the requirement of attending secondary school or an
equivalent course of vocational training full time, if the youth is carrying a
program of supervised education or vocational training approved by the
authorities of the school district or by the Department of Education. The
program may be part of the regular school program, or one especially arranged
for the individual youth's educational or vocational needs and approved by the
school authorities. A vocational training course may be under section
2508.3 of the School Code BVR
(5813.3), in a program under the Economic Opportunity Act, or in an organized
training program under recognized sponsorship with a specified vocational
training objective (for example, apprenticeships or training arrangements
sponsored by business or industrial firms).
(2) Full-time attendance will not be deemed
interrupted when the youth is temporarily absent for reasons accepted under the
laws of the State on compul-sory school attendance, or for reasons accepted
under the regulations of the secondary school or vocational training program in
which the youth is enrolled.
(3)
TANF payment will be made for the following:
(i) The months in which the youth is not in
secondary school or training because of official vacations, provided that the
youth will again attend full-time secondary school, or an equivalent vocational
or technical school, when the official vacation is over.
(ii) The month the youth completes or
discontinues secondary school or equivalent vocational or technical school
before reaching 19 years of age.
(4) The date the secondary school or
equivalent vocational or technical school records show the youth ended
full-time status as a student or trainee will be the date of completion or
discontinuance of secondary school or an equivalent vocational or technical
school.
The provisions of this §145.43 amended under sections
201(2), 403(b) and 432 of the Public Welfare Code (62 P. S. §§
201(2),
403(b) and 432); the Support
Law (62 P. S. §§ 1971-1977); Titles I and III of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Pub. L. No.
104-193) (PRWORA), creating the Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program, and amending
42 U.S.C.A. §§
601-619,
651-669(b) and
1396u-1; and the Federal
TANF regulations in 45 CFR
260.10-265.10.
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
140.32 (relating to applicable
income); 55 Pa. Code §
140.513 (relating to eligibility
end date); 55 Pa. Code §
151.41 (relating to policy); 55
Pa. Code §
168.17 (relating to eligible
children); and 55 Pa. Code §
178.12 (relating to categories of
MNO-MA).
