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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 858<\/a> and 951<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1995, chapter 450<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 7<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":72687,"section_number":"63.2-601","catch_line":"Virginia Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program; goals","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-601\/"},{"id":68263,"section_number":"63.2-612","catch_line":"Time limit on the receipt of TANF","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-612\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":66224,"section_number":"60.2-612","catch_line":"Benefit eligibility conditions","order_by":null,"url":"\/60.2-612\/"}],"permalink":{"id":271253,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63622,"identifier":"63.2-613","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-613","url":"\/63.2-613\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-613\/","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-613","dublin_core":{"Title":"Hardship exceptions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-613","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span> shall adopt regulations providing exceptions to the time limitations of this chapter in cases of hardship. In adopting regulations, the Board<\/span> shall address circumstances:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Where a VIEW participant has been actively seeking employment by engaging in job-seeking activities required pursuant to § 60.2-612<\/a> and is unable to find employment; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Where factors relating to job availability may be unfavorable; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Where the VIEW participant loses his job as a result of factors not related to his job performance; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Where extension of benefits for up to one year will enable a participant to complete employment-related education or training.\n\t\t\tThe Department<\/span> shall (i) keep records of the number of VIEW participants who receive an exception to the time limitations on TANF<\/span> benefits due to hardship and the specific circumstances relied upon to grant such exceptions and (ii) annually publish nonidentifying statistics regarding such information. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHARDSHIP EXCEPTIONS (\u00a7 63.2-613)\n\nThe Board shall adopt regulations providing exceptions to the time limitations\nof this chapter in cases of hardship. In adopting regulations, the Board shall\naddress circumstances:\n\n1. Where a VIEW participant has been actively seeking employment by engaging in\njob-seeking activities required pursuant to § 60.2-612 and is unable to\nfind employment;\n\n2. Where factors relating to job availability may be unfavorable;\n\n3. Where the VIEW participant loses his job as a result of factors not related\nto his job performance; and\n\n4. Where extension of benefits for up to one year will enable a participant to\ncomplete employment-related education or training.\n\t\t\tThe Department shall (i) keep records of the number of VIEW participants who\nreceive an exception to the time limitations on TANF benefits due to hardship\nand the specific circumstances relied upon to grant such exceptions and (ii)\nannually publish nonidentifying statistics regarding such information.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, cc. 858, 951, \u00a7 63.1-133.51; 1995, c. 450; 2002, c. 747; 2020,\nc. 7.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}