Code of Virginia - Title 63.2 Welfare (Social Services) - Chapter 6 Temporary Assistance For Needy Families Program

63.2-600 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); purpose; administration
There is hereby created the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, hereinafter referred to as TANF or the "Program." The Program shall be administered by ...

63.2-601 Virginia Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program; goals
The goals of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program are to: 1. Offer Virginians living in poverty the opportunity to achieve economic independence by ...

63.2-602 Eligibility for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); penalty
A. A person shall be eligible for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families if that person: 1. Has not attained the age of eighteen years, or, ...

63.2-603 Eligibility for TANF; childhood immunizations
An applicant for TANF shall provide verification that all eligible children not enrolled in school, a licensed family day home, or a licensed child day ...

63.2-604 Eligibility for TANF; children born to TANF recipients
Notwithstanding the provisions of § 63.2-602 and the TANF program regulations, the Board shall revise the schedule of TANF financial assistance to be paid to ...

63.2-605 Eligibility for TANF; parolees and probationers who fail drug tests
Upon receipt of notification from a probation or parole officer that a TANF caretaker under his supervision has failed a drug test, the local department ...

63.2-606 Eligibility for TANF; school attendance
In order to be eligible for TANF, members of the assistance unit, including minor custodial parents, shall be in compliance with compulsory school attendance laws ...

63.2-607 Eligibility for TANF; minor parent residency
A. Except as provided in subsection B, an unemancipated minor custodial parent may receive TANF for himself and his child only if the individual and ...

63.2-608 Virginia Initiative for Employment Not Welfare (VIEW)
A. The Department shall establish and administer the Virginia Initiative for Employment Not Welfare (VIEW) to reduce long-term dependence on welfare, to emphasize personal responsibility ...

63.2-609 VIEW exemptions
The following TANF recipients shall be exempt from mandatory participation in VIEW and shall remain eligible for TANF financial assistance: 1. Any individual, including all ...

63.2-610 Participation in VIEW; coordinated services
A. In administering VIEW, the Department shall ensure that local departments provide delivery and coordination of all services through intensive case management. VIEW participants shall ...

63.2-611 Case management; support services; transitional support services
A. The Commissioner, through the local departments, with such funds as appropriated, shall offer families participating in VIEW intensive case management services throughout the family's ...

63.2-612 Time limit on the receipt of TANF
Unless otherwise exempt, VIEW participants and their families may receive TANF financial assistance for a maximum of 24 months only, subject to § 63.2-613. VIEW ...

63.2-613 Hardship exceptions
The Board shall adopt regulations providing exceptions to the time limitations of this chapter in cases of hardship. In adopting regulations, the Board shall address ...

63.2-614 Financial eligibility
A. Pursuant to regulations adopted by the Board, the parent of an eligible child or children who is married to a person not the parent ...

63.2-615 Payment of tuition and other expenses of public assistance recipients enrolled in skill developmen...
The Board may authorize the payment of tuition fees, transportation costs or other necessary or incidental expenses for obtaining skill development training or retraining for ...

63.2-616 Provision of public assistance and social services
Local departments may combine community resources to assist the families of persons who may be in need because of the limitations on TANF financial 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 ...

63.2-618 Notice and appeal
A participant aggrieved by the decision of a local board granting, denying, changing or discontinuing public assistance may appeal such decision pursuant to § 63.2-517. ...

63.2-619 Evaluation and reporting
A. In administering the Program, the Commissioner shall develop and use evaluation methods that measure achievement of the goals specified in § 63.2-601. B. The ...

63.2-620 Child care services for TANF and low-income families
The Department shall identify strategies for Virginia to obtain the maximum amount of federal funds available for child care services for TANF recipients and families ...