Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1240-01-19-.16 - ACCRUAL RIGHTS TO A CHECK - AFDC ONLY

(1) Once an AFDC applicant has been found eligible for assistance and an award has been duly authorized, he/she has a right to the initial payment provided he/she was alive on the date on which his application is filed, except as noted in paragraph (3) below.

(a) The right to the initial public assistance payment and payments retroactive to date of application accrues on the date the authorization for payment is signed by the County Director, provided payment is authorized for the same calendar month.

(b) If the initial payment is for the calendar month following that in which payment is authorized, the right to payment accrues on the first day of the calendar month for which payment is to be made.

(2) The right to a continuing public assistance payment accrues on the first day of a calendar month for which payment is to be made, provided the recipient is alive and eligible for payment on that day, except as noted in paragraph (3) below.

(3) However, no applicant/recipient is eligible for an assistance payment made for any month in which:

(a) The A/R (or legally responsible relative in the home) was on strike as of the last day of the month; or

(b) The A/R received income in excess of Department standards which causes ineligibility for more than one month.

Notes

Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1240-01-19-.16

Original rule filed August 15, 1980; effective September 29, 1980. Amendment filed December 2, 1983; effective January 1, 1984.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 14-8-106(2) and 14-8-110; PL 97-35; 45 CFR 233.20(a)(3)(D); 45 CFR 233.106.