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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61829</law_id><section_number>63.2-505.1</section_number><catch_line>Transitional food stamp benefits</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="63.2">Welfare (Social Services)</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Public Assistance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="5">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>To the extent permitted by federal <span class="dictionary">law</span>, the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall provide transitional food stamp benefits for a period of not more than five months after the date on which <span class="dictionary">Temporary Assistance for Needy Families</span> (<span class="dictionary">TANF</span>) cash assistance is terminated. However, no household shall be eligible for transitional food stamp benefits if <span class="dictionary">TANF</span> cash assistance was terminated because all children in the assistance unit were removed from the home as a result of a <span class="dictionary">child</span> protective services investigation.</p></section></text><history>2005, c. 463.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
