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An individual may receive diversionary TANF cash assistance only one time in a 12-month period and, in so doing, waives his eligibility for TANF for the number of days for which assistance is granted multiplied by 1.33. Diversionary assistance shall be used to divert the family from receiving ongoing TANF cash assistance by providing assistance for one-time emergencies.B\n\nThe Board shall adopt regulations to enable TANF-eligible applicants meeting certain criteria to receive a TANF emergency assistance payment of up to $1,500 to prevent eviction or to address needs resulting from a fire or natural disaster.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":234420,"text":"The Board shall adopt regulations to enable TANF-eligible applicants meeting certain criteria to receive at one time the maximum TANF cash assistance that the applicant would otherwise receive for a period up to 120 days or $1,500, whichever is greater. An individual may receive diversionary TANF cash assistance only one time in a 12-month period and, in so doing, waives his eligibility for TANF for the number of days for which assistance is granted multiplied by 1.33. Diversionary assistance shall be used to divert the family from receiving ongoing TANF cash assistance by providing assistance for one-time emergencies.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":234421,"text":"The Board shall adopt regulations to enable TANF-eligible applicants meeting certain criteria to receive a TANF emergency assistance payment of up to $1,500 to prevent eviction or to address needs resulting from a fire or natural disaster.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14661,"edition_id":1,"name":"Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program","identifier":"6","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":14331,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:49:11","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:49:11","permalink":{"id":271187,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14661,"identifier":"6","token":"63.2\/II\/6","url":"\/63.2\/II\/6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":14331,"edition_id":1,"name":"Public Assistance","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12789,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:46","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:46","permalink":{"id":271055,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14331,"identifier":"II","token":"63.2\/II","url":"\/63.2\/II\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12789,"edition_id":1,"name":"Welfare (Social Services)","identifier":"63.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":270661,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12789,"identifier":"63.2","token":"63.2","url":"\/63.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":79965,"structure_id":14661,"section_number":"63.2-600","catch_line":"Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0450\">450<\/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 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0747\">747<\/a>; in 2009, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0061\">61<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0547\">547<\/a>; in 2020, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1159\">1159<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":271269,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64423,"identifier":"63.2-617","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-617","url":"\/63.2-617\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-617\/","token":"63.2\/II\/6\/63.2-617","dublin_core":{"Title":"Diversionary cash assistance","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-617","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall adopt regulations to enable <span class=\"dictionary\">TANF<\/span>-eligible applicants meeting certain criteria to receive at one time the maximum <span class=\"dictionary\">TANF<\/span> cash assistance that the applicant would otherwise receive for a period up to 120 days or $1,500, whichever is greater. An individual may receive diversionary <span class=\"dictionary\">TANF<\/span> cash assistance only one time in a 12-month period and, in so doing, <span class=\"dictionary\">waives<\/span> his eligibility for <span class=\"dictionary\">TANF<\/span> for the number of days for which assistance is granted multiplied by 1.33. Diversionary assistance shall be used to divert the family from receiving ongoing <span class=\"dictionary\">TANF<\/span> cash assistance by providing assistance for one-time emergencies. <a id=\"paragraph-234420\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/63.2-617\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall adopt regulations to enable <span class=\"dictionary\">TANF<\/span>-eligible applicants meeting certain criteria to receive a <span class=\"dictionary\">TANF<\/span> emergency assistance payment of up to $1,500 to prevent eviction or to address needs resulting from a fire or natural disaster. <a id=\"paragraph-234421\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/63.2-617\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDIVERSIONARY CASH ASSISTANCE (\u00a7 63.2-617)\n\nA. The Board shall adopt regulations to enable TANF-eligible applicants meeting\ncertain criteria to receive at one time the maximum TANF cash assistance that\nthe applicant would otherwise receive for a period up to 120 days or $1,500,\nwhichever is greater. An individual may receive diversionary TANF cash\nassistance only one time in a 12-month period and, in so doing, waives his\neligibility for TANF for the number of days for which assistance is granted\nmultiplied by 1.33. Diversionary assistance shall be used to divert the family\nfrom receiving ongoing TANF cash assistance by providing assistance for one-time\nemergencies.\n\nB. The Board shall adopt regulations to enable TANF-eligible applicants meeting\ncertain criteria to receive a TANF emergency assistance payment of up to $1,500\nto prevent eviction or to address needs resulting from a fire or natural\ndisaster.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 450, \u00a7 63.1-105.3; 2002, c. 747; 2009, cc. 61, 547; 2020, c.\n1159.","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}}