Wash. Admin. Code § 388-408-0025 - When can I choose who is in my TANF or SFA assistance unit?
If you are a child's parent or other caretaker relative (a relative who cares for the child's basic needs as defined in WAC 388-454-0010 ), use the table below to find who you may choose to include or exclude in your TANF or SFA AU. If you include a child in your AU, it could cause you to get more or less benefits. If someone is not allowed in the AU under WAC 388-408-0020, you cannot choose to include them in your TANF or SFA AU.
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(1) If you are the parent of the child, you may choose whether or not to include: |
(a) Yourself in the AU if the child gets SSI; and (b) The child in the AU if: (i) You already receive TANF or SFA; (ii) You are not married to the child's other parent; and (iii) The child lives with both parents. |
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(2) If you are not the child's parent, and do not live with the parents of the child, you may choose to: |
(a) Include yourself if you are a relative defined in WAC 388-454-0010; (b) Include someone else that cares for the child an d is a relative defined in WAC 388-454-0010; or (c) Receive a grant for the child only and: (i) Exclude a full, half, or adoptive sibling if that sibling: (A) Receives income; or (B) Would otherwise cause the household to be ineligible, with the exception of noncompliance sanction. |
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(3) If you are the child's parent or caretaker relative, you may choose whether or not to include any of the following children: |
(a)Brothers or sisters of a child who gets SSI; (b)Stepsisters and stepbrothers of a child; and (c)Other children that are not the child's brother or sister. |
Notes
Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.08.090. 05-02-017, § 388-408-0025, filed 12/27/04, effective 1/27/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.057, 2000 2nd sp.s. c 1. 01-03-121, § 388-408-0025, filed 1/22/01, effective 3/1/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057 and 74.08.090. 98-16-044, § 388-408-0025, filed 7/31/98, effective 9/1/98.
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