Code of Virginia - Title 63.2 Welfare (Social Services) - Section 63.2-617 Diversionary cash assistance

§ 63.2-617. Diversionary cash assistance

The Board shall adopt regulations to enable TANF - eligible applicants meeting certain criteria to receive at one time the maximum TANF cash assistance that the applicant would otherwise receive for a period up to 120 days. An individual may receive diversionary TANF cash assistance only one time in a sixty-month period and, in so doing, waives his eligibility for TANF for a period of up to 160 days. Diversionary assistance shall be used to divert the family from receiving ongoing TANF cash assistance by providing assistance for one-time emergencies.

(1995, c. 450, § 63.1-105.3; 2002, c. 747.)

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