2006 Code of Virginia § 63.2-604 - Eligibility for TANF; children born to TANF recipients

63.2-604. Eligibility for TANF; children born to TANF recipients.

Notwithstanding the provisions of 63.2-602 and the TANF programregulations, the Board shall revise the schedule of TANF financial assistanceto be paid to a family by eliminating the increment in TANF benefits to whicha family would otherwise be eligible as a result of the birth of a childduring the period of TANF eligibility or during the period in which thefamily or adult recipient is ineligible for TANF benefits pursuant to apenalty imposed by the Commissioner for failure to comply with benefiteligibility or child support requirements, subsequent to which the family oradult recipient is again eligible for benefits. The Board shall provide thata recipient family in which the mother gives birth to an additional childduring the period of the mother's eligibility for TANF financial assistance,or during a temporary penalty period of ineligibility for financialassistance, may receive additional financial assistance only in the case of ageneral increase in the amount of TANF financial assistance that is providedto all TANF recipients. Applicants shall receive notice of the provisions ofthis section at the time of application for TANF. This section shall notapply to legal guardians, grandparents, or other persons in loco parentis whoare not the biological or adoptive parents of the child.

There shall be no elimination of the increment in benefits for children bornwithin ten months after the mother begins to receive TANF.

A single custodial parent who does not receive additional TANF financialassistance for the birth of a child pursuant to this section shall receivethe total value of all child support payments due and collected for suchchild, and the value of such payments shall not be counted as income for thepurposes of TANF eligibility and grant determination.

(1995, c. 450, 63.1-105.7; 2002, c. 747.)