Kan. Admin. Regs. § 30-4-100 - Payment standards for the TANF and foster care programs
(a) The basic and
shelter standards in
K.A.R.
30-4-101 and
30-4-102,
and the designated special requirements in
K.A.R.
30-4-120, shall be used in determining the
total benefit amount for the TANF and foster care programs. An applicant or
recipient shall not be eligible to have a standard included in the computation
of the applicant's or recipient's benefit amount if the department or another
state's assistance program has issued the applicant or recipient a payment for
the same maintenance items in the same calendar month.
(b) The benefit amount for the TANF and
foster care programs shall be based upon the total number of persons in each
assistance plan.
(1) The basic standard and
100% of the shelter standard shall be used under each of the following
circumstances:
(A) All persons in the home are
in the same assistance plan.
(B)
The only person in the home not in the plan is an SSI recipient to whom the
one-third SSI reduction is applied because the person lives in the household
and receives support and maintenance in kind.
(C) There is a bona fide commercial
landlord-tenant relationship between the family group and the other persons in
the home.
(D) All persons in the
plan are in a commercial board and room or commercial room-only living
arrangement or are residing in nonmedical living arrangements that are publicly
funded or are funded by not-for-profit agencies or organizations, including
temporary homeless shelters, alcohol or drug abuse treatment facilities, and
shelters for battered persons.
(2) The basic standard, plus a percentage
reduction of the shelter standard, shall be used when there are one or more
persons residing in the home who are not included in the assistance plan,
except as specified in paragraphs (b)(1) (B), (C), and (D). The percentage
reduction shall be as follows:
(A) 60%
reduction for one person in the plan;
(B) 50% reduction for two persons in the
plan;
(C) 40% reduction for three
persons in the plan;
(D) 35%
reduction for four persons in the plan;
(E) 30% reduction for five persons in the
plan; and
(F) 20% reduction for six
or more persons in the plan.
Notes
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