Revision 13-2; Effective April 1, 2013

 

A—2521 Initial Time Limit Tiers

Revision 13-2; Effective April 1, 2013

TANF

TIERS determines the initial time limit tier for all TANF caretakers or second parents, including those with a current employment service exemption:

• at application; and
• when adding an individual to the household.

 

A—2521.1 Determining the Time Limit Tier

Revision 13-2; Effective April 1, 2013

TANF

When advisors correctly identify education and work history status in the TANF TIER Level Details Logical Unit of Work (LUW), TIERS automatically determines the time limit tier for each certified caretaker and/or second parent. Accept the individual's statement of the grade completed.

TIERS prints the individual's state time limit information on TF0001, Notice of Case Action.

 

A—2522 Time Limit Tier Changes

Revision 13-2; Effective April 1, 2013

The time limit tier may change when:

• Choices staff determine a functional literacy level which affects the tier;
• the advisor makes an error in entering the correct education or work history level; or
• redetermining the education and/or work history level at reapplication if the individual missed one full month's benefits before the date of reapplication.

 

A—2522.1 Change in Time Limit Tier Because of Functional Literacy Level

Revision 13-2; Effective April 1, 2013

TANF

Choices staff determine and enter the individual's functional literacy level in the Choices automated system. This information overrides the initial time limit tier determined by the advisor when:

• the functional literacy level is lower than the individual's completed education level; and
• a change in tier allows the individual to receive additional months of TANF and Choices services.

A tier may not change to one lower than the individual's work history level.

When the Choices literacy level updates the individual’s tier level using the Choices automated interface, the advisor may not change the tier because of the education level.

 

A—2522.2 Change in Time Limit Tier Because of Error

Revision 13-2; Effective April 1, 2013

TANF

If an advisor initially entered incorrect information, correct the original work history months or the original education level in TIERS and select YES from the Correction drop-down menu. Do not update work history or education levels for changes that occurred since determining the initial tier.

If an advisor request State Office Data Integrity (SODI) to force change a tier from 5 or 6 to tier 7, the advisor must also request that SODI delete all months in the individual's Time Limited history that occur before the year's anniversary of the individual's Literacy Assessment Date. (See A-2532, Counting Months for Tier 7, for an example of how to determine the Literacy Assessment anniversary date.) If the individual does not have a Literacy Assessment Date, request the deletion of all months counted. Exception: Do not delete any months counted before the Literacy Assessment Date month in which the individual has a Choices penalty.

 

A—2522.3 Changes to Time Limit Tiers at Reapplication

Revision 13-2; Effective April 1, 2013

TANF

TIERS redetermines the time limit tier of a TANF caretaker or second parent at reapplication only if there has been at least one full month's break in benefits before the date of reapplication. Note: The individual may have more months or an equal number of months remaining in the individual’s new time limit, but would never have fewer months than the prior time limit.