No. 29300 (Amendment): R986-200-246. Transitional Cash Assistance

DAR File No.: 29300
Filed: 12/01/2006, 12:26
Received by: NL

RULE ANALYSIS

Purpose of the rule or reason for the change:

The reason for this amendment is to create a transitional cash assistance for Family Employment Program (FEP) clients.

Summary of the rule or change:

Transitional cash assistance is necessary to help clients stabilize employment and reduce recidivism. These benefits will be provided for three months for clients who are no longer eligible for FEP or FEP Two Parent assistance and who are working 30 hours per week (60 hours for two-parent households). With this additional assistance, the Department anticipates fewer households will need to seek further Department assistance and will therefore, become self-sufficient sooner.

State statutory or constitutional authorization for this rule:

Section 35A-1-104 and Subsections 35A-1-104(4) and 35A-3-302(5)(b)

Anticipated cost or savings to:

the state budget:

This is a federally-funded program so there are no costs or savings to the state budget.

local governments:

This is a federally-funded program so there are no costs or savings to local government.

other persons:

There are no costs or savings to any other persons as there are no fees associated with this program and it is federally funded.

Compliance costs for affected persons:

There are no costs or savings to any affected persons as there are no fees associated with this program and it is federally funded.

Comments by the department head on the fiscal impact the rule may have on businesses:

There are no compliance costs associated with this change. There are no fees associated with this change. There will be no cost to anyone to comply with these changes. There will be no fiscal impact on any business. Tani Downing, Executive Director

The full text of this rule may be inspected, during regular business hours, at the Division of Administrative Rules, or at:

Workforce Services
Employment Development
140 E 300 S
SALT LAKE CITY UT 84111-2333

Direct questions regarding this rule to:

Suzan Pixton at the above address, by phone at 801-526-9645, by FAX at 801-526-9211, or by Internet E-mail at [e-mail]

Interested persons may present their views on this rule by submitting written comments to the address above no later than 5:00 p.m. on:

01/15/2007

This rule may become effective on:

02/01/2007

Authorized by:

Tani Downing, Executive Director

RULE TEXT

R986. Workforce Services, Employment Development.

R986-200. Family Employment Program.

R986-200-246. Transitional Cash Assistance.

(1) Transitional Cash Assistance (TCA) is offered to help FEP and FEPTP customers stabilize employment and reduce recidivism.

(2) To be eligible for TCA a client must;

(a) have been eligible for and have received FEP or FEPTP during the month immediately preceding the month during which TCA is requested or granted. The FEP or FEPTP assistance must have been terminated due to earned or unearned income and not for nonparticipation under R986-200-212. If the immediately preceding month was during a diversion period, the client is not eligible for TCA, and

(b) be employed an average of 30 hours per week for FEP households. The parents in a FEPTP household must be employed a combined average of 60 hours per week.

(3) TCA is only available if the customer verifies employment averaging the minimum required in subparagraph (2)(b) of this section.

(4) TCA is available for a maximum of three months.

(a) The assistance payment for the first two months of TCA is based on household size. All household income, earned and unearned, is disregarded.

(b) Payment for the third month is one half of the payment available in (4)(a) of this section.

(5) If initial verification is provided and a client is paid one month of TCA but the client is unable to provide documentation to support that initial verification, no further payments will be made under TCA but the one month payment will not result in an overpayment.

(6) A client can only receive TCA once in any 24 month period. This time limit applies regardless of how many months of TCA a client received.

(7) TCA counts toward the 36 month time limit found in R986-200-217.

 

KEY: family employment program

Date of Enactment or Last Substantive Amendment: [November 1, 2006]2007

Notice of Continuation: September 14, 2005

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 35A-3-301 et seq.