203 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY FAMILIES (FANF) (FAM)

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Financial Assistance to Needy Families (FANF) financial *assistance is offered through:

• TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families);

• IDP (Interim Disabled Parent); or

• FWOC (Families With Older Children).

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Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) *consists of 2 separate, yet related programs: the New Hampshire Employment Program (NHEP) and Family Assistance Program (FAP). Income and resource requirements are the same for both programs, but the FAP program has no work requirements.

TANF categorical program requirements for financial *assistance includes the presence of a dependent child in the household who meets all of the following:

• is deprived of the support or care of a parent;

• lives with a parent or specified relative; and

• is under 18 years of age or under age 19 and a full-time student in high school or in a high school equivalency program.

Exception: Certain refugees who do not meet the categorical requirements for FANF may be eligible for Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA). See PART 247, REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.

Interim Disabled Parent (IDP) *is for one and two-parent families where at least one parent is determined disabled and unable to work. To be eligible, the adult in a one-parent family cannot be receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI). In a two-parent family, at least one parent cannot receive SSDI or SSI. Unless otherwise noted, program eligibility requirements are the same as for the TANF financial assistance program. See Section 203.09, Interim Disabled Parent (IDP).

Families With Older Children (FWOC) *is for families that include a child age 19 up to age 20, who is a full-time high school student or basic education student. Unless otherwise noted, program eligibility requirements are the same as for the TANF financial assistance program. See Section 203.07, Families With Older Children (FWOC).

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All the programs under FANF have a 60-month lifetime limit on receipt of financial assistance, although FAP cases are exempt from the lifetime limit.

Some Conditions For The FANF Cash Categories

1 Adults receiving NHEP financial assistance count towards NHEP federal work participation rates. Most FAP financial assistance recipients do not count towards federal participation rates*.