2005 Arizona Revised Statutes - Revised Statutes §46-294  Duration of assistance

A. Any family that includes an adult who is eighteen years of age or older in an assistance unit becomes ineligible for a cash assistance grant after the adult has received cash assistance awarded under this article for a total of sixty months except in case of hardship.

B. The department shall continue to perform cash assistance eligibility determinations for persons who have reached their sixty month maximum. Persons who have reached the maximum but are otherwise eligible for cash assistance under this article continue to be eligible to receive:

1. Job services that are provided pursuant to section 46-299.

2. Covered medical services that are provided pursuant to title 36, chapter 29.

3. Any other services that are directly linked to eligibility for the temporary assistance for needy families program.

C. The department shall make any necessary program amendments or request any necessary federal waivers to allow assistance units who experience a reduction in their total assistance grant due to the provisions of this section to earn income equal to the amount that they became ineligible to receive pursuant to subsection A of this section without affecting their eligibility for cash assistance.

D. Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter the method used by the department to determine eligibility for transitional benefits provided pursuant to the family support act of 1988 (P.L. 100-485) or provided pursuant to any demonstration project that the department or any other state agency administers under a federal waiver.

E. Any month or months of assistance received by a person under the Arizona works program before October 1, 2002 or received under this article shall not be counted against the sixty month lifetime limitation of the temporary assistance for needy families act (P.L. 104-193).