Texas Administrative Code
Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Part 15 - TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 372 - TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES AND SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Subchapter B - ELIGIBILITY
Division 8 - TIME LIMITS
Section 372.452 - TANF Time Limit Exemptions
Universal Citation: 1 TX Admin Code ยง 372.452
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) may exempt a recipient and continue TANF cash assistance after a time limit expires if HHSC determines:
(1) the recipient cooperated with all
applicable Choices requirements during the time the recipient was subject to
the time limit (as explained in §
RSA
372.1154(g) of
this chapter (relating to Cooperating with Personal Responsibility Agreement
Requirements)); and
(2) the
recipient meets one of the following hardship criteria:
(A) severe personal hardship, for such
reasons as:
(i) a terminal or permanent
disabling illness or injury;
(ii)
temporary incapacity due to illness or injury; or
(iii) the need to provide 30 or more days of
care to a close family member (does not have to be a household member) who is
disabled due to a temporary, permanent, or terminal illness or injury;
or
(B) local economic
hardship, for reasons such as:
(i) the
recipient lives in a county with an unemployment rate of more than 10% (this is
also known as a county hardship); or
(ii) the recipient completed an independent
job search, including contacting at least 40 potential employers within 30
days, but failed to find employment earning at least the amount of the TANF
cash assistance plus any applicable work-expense disregard (this is also known
as an employment hardship).
(b) A recipient HHSC exempted from a time limit due to the employment hardship explained in subsection (a)(2)(B)(ii) of this section must search for work by contacting at least 40 potential employers each month of the exemption period. If HHSC determines the recipient has not met this requirement, the recipient loses the employment hardship exemption and may not receive another employment hardship exemption during the five-year period of ineligibility.
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