No TANF Time Limit.xlsx

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1	SOURCE:	https://wrd.urban.org/wrd/tables.cfm
2	Table IV.C.1. Time Limit Policies, July 2022 1
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4	State/Territory	Lifetime limit length (months) 2	Unit loses the entire benefit upon reaching the lifetime limit? 3	Adult removed from unit upon reaching the lifetime limit? 4	Other consequences upon reaching the lifetime limit? 4	Intermittent time limit length (months) 2	Unit loses the entire benefit upon reaching the intermittent time limit? 3	Adult removed from unit upon reaching the intermittent time limit? 4	At any point during 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic: Time limits suspended or removed 5
5	Alabama	60	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
6	Alaska	60	Yes 6	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
7	Arizona	12	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a. 7	n.a.	n.a.	Suspended
8	Arkansas	24	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
9	California	60	No	Yes	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	Suspended
10	Colorado	60	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
11	Connecticut	21 8	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	Suspended
12	Delaware
13	Time-limited assistance	36 9	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a. 10
14	Non-time-limited assistance	n.a., no limit	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a., no limit 11
15	D.C.	n.a., no limit	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a., no limit
16	Florida	48 12	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
17	Georgia	48	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
18	Guam	60	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
19	Hawaii	60	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
20	Idaho	24 13	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
21	Illinois	60	Yes 6	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
22	Indiana
23	Termination limit	60	Yes 6	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
24	Benefit reduction limit	24 14	No	Yes	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
25	Iowa	60 15	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
26	Kansas	24	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
27	Kentucky	60	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
28	Louisiana	60 16	Yes	No	n.a.	24 of 60 months	Yes	No	No
29	Maine	60	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
30	Maryland	60	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
31	Massachusetts
32	Exempt	n.a., no limit	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a., no limit
33	Non-exempt	n.a., no limit	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	24 of 60 months	Yes	No	Suspended
34	Michigan	48	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
35	Minnesota	60	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
36	Mississippi	60	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
37	Missouri	45	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
38	Montana	60	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
39	Nebraska
40	Time-limited assistance	60	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
41	Non-time-limited assistance	n.a., no limit	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a., no limit
42	Nevada	60	Yes	No	n.a.	24 months; followed by 12 months of ineligibility	Yes	No	No
43	New Hampshire
44	NHEP	60	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
45	FAP	n.a., no limit 17	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a., no limit
46	New Jersey	60	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
47	New Mexico
48	NMW	60	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
49	EWP	24 18	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
50	New York	60 19	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
51	North Carolina	60	Yes	No	n.a.	24 months; followed by 36 months of ineligibility	Yes	No	No
52	North Dakota	60	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
53	Ohio	60 20	Yes	No	n.a.	36 months; followed by 24 months of ineligibility	Yes	No	No
54	Oklahoma	60	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
55	Oregon	60	No	Yes	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
56	Pennsylvania	60	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
57	Puerto Rico	60	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
58	Rhode Island	60	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
59	South Carolina
60	All, except CARES	60	Yes	No	n.a.	24 of 120 months	Yes	No	No
61	CARES	n.a., no limit	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a., no limit
62	South Dakota	60	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
63	Tennessee	60 21	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
64	Texas	60	Yes	No	n.a.	12, 24, or 36 months; followed by 60 months of ineligibility 22	No	Yes	No
65	Utah	36	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a. 23	n.a.	n.a.	No
66	Vermont	60	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a. 24	n.a.	n.a.	No
67	Virgin Islands	60	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
68	Virginia
69	All, except VIEW	60	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
70	VIEW	60	Yes	No	n.a.	24 months; followed by 24 months of ineligibility 25	Yes	No	Suspended
71	Washington	60	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
72	West Virginia	60	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
73	Wisconsin
74	W-2T, CSJ, and TEMP 26	48 months total; 24 month limit per component 27	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
75	UE	n.a., no limit	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a., no limit
76	Wyoming	60	Yes	No	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	No
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78	Source: Urban Institute's Welfare Rules Database, funded by HHS/ACF.
79	1 This table describes time limit policies that apply to units with an adult in the assistance unit.
80	2 Families may qualify for exemptions from or extensions to the time limit. See tables IV.C.2(a), IV.C.2(b), IV.C.3(a), and IV.C.3(b) for details about state/territory exemption and extension policies. This column captures the policies that were either in place as of July 2022 or that would have been in place except for a temporary change due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
81	3 In certain circumstances, a child may be able to continue receiving benefits after the 60 months. Because the time limit generally follows the adult, a child may enter a new household and become eligible in a new assistance unit. This column captures the policies that were either in place as of July 2022 or that would have been in place except for a temporary change due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
82	4 This column captures the policies that were either in place as of July 2022 or that would have been in place except for a temporary change due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
83	5 If a state/territory suspended time limits, families do not accrue months or cannot be newly terminated due to reaching the time limit. In states/territories that removed time limits, families that have already reached the time limit may reapply and receive benefits if otherwise eligible.
84	6 If the adult who has reached the 60-month lifetime limit is not the parent of any child in the assistance unit, only the adult is ineligible for benefits. Children who do not live with a parent can therefore continue to receive assistance after their caretaker reaches the 60-month limit.
85	7 Two-parent families, in which neither parent has a disability, are eligible for only six months of assistance in any 12-month period.
86	8 Recipients may apply for extensions after 21 months of benefits, but they may not receive more than 60 total months of assistance.
87	9 The 36-month time limit applies to assistance units that applied for benefits on or after January 1, 2000. Units that received benefits before this date are eligible for 48 months of assistance.
88	10 In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals were placed in an alternative component that is exempt from time limits.
89	11 All recipients are considered medically exempt during the COVID-19 pandemic and were moved to the non-time-limited component, which is exempt from time limits.
90	12 An individual may request a hardship exemption to the lifetime limit at any time before or after the time limit expires.
91	13 When there is more than one adult in the family, the adult with the greatest number of months of participation must be used to determine when the family reaches the time limit.
92	14 This time limit applies to adults who are required to participate in work-related activities. The income of the time-limited adult is still counted in determining the unit's benefits; however, the adult's needs are not included when determining the unit's benefits. The time-limited adult is still considered a recipient, and months in which the adult’s needs are excluded while the rest of the unit continues to receive a benefit may be counted for purposes of the 60-month lifetime limit.
93	15 In addition to the 60-month lifetime limit, units must establish a time frame with a specific ending date, during which the recipient expects to become self-sufficient (i.e., when income will be above eligibility limits).
94	16 If either parent in a two parent family surpasses the limit, benefits are terminated for the entire family.
95	17 Groups eligible for or receiving assistance from the Family Assistance Program (FAP) are automatically exempt from the 60-month time limit and must have eligibility continued beyond 60 months for as long as the family continues to meet FAP eligibility criteria.
96	18 Recipients in the Education Works Program can continue to receive assistance for up to two additional academic terms following the 24-month time limit if the extension will result in the recipient earning a degree but they may not receive more than 36 total months of assistance.
97	19 Units in compliance with TANF program rules may continue to receive benefits through a separate state program beyond 60 months.
98	20 Ohio has a 36-month limit on assistance. However, units are eligible for additional assistance, up to the federal time limit of 60 months, through either a hardship or good cause extension. For good cause, a unit must have been ineligible for 24 months and show good cause for reapplying in order to receive additional assistance.
99	21 If clients marry with different months of assistance, the number of months counted towards the time limit will be the higher of the two. If a marriage dissolves, the number of countable months of the two-parent unit will be the same if the parents reapply for assistance regardless of months earned prior to the marriage.
100	22 The 12-month limit applies to nonexempt recipients who (1) did not complete the 11th grade and have 18 months or more of recent work experience or (2) have a high school diploma or GED, a certificate from a postsecondary school, or a certificate or degree from a vocational or technical school and any work experience. The 24-month limit applies to nonexempt recipients who (1) did not complete the 11th grade and have between 6 and 17 months of recent work experience or (2) completed the 11th grade but not the 12th grade or have a GED, and have completed 17 or fewer months of work experience. The 36-month limit applies to nonexempt recipients who have less than six months of recent work experience and did not complete the 11th grade.