                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY (§ 63.2-614)

A. Pursuant to regulations adopted by the Board, the parent of an eligible child
or children who is married to a person not the parent of the child or children
shall not be eligible for TANF if the parent&#8217;s spouse&#8217;s income, when
deemed available to the family unit according to federal regulations, in and of
itself, exceeds the state eligibility standard for such aid. However,
eligibility for the child or children shall be considered by counting the income
of such parent and child or children, and any portion of the parent&#8217;s
spouse&#8217;s income that exceeds 150 percent of the federal poverty level for
the spouse and parent. If the income of the parent&#8217;s spouse that is deemed
available does not, in and of itself, exceed the state eligibility standard for
TANF, none of the spouse&#8217;s income shall be counted as available to the
family unit, and eligibility shall be determined considering only the income, if
any, of the parent and the child or children. If the parent fails or refuses to
cooperate with the Department&#8217;s Division of Child Support Enforcement in
the pursuit of child support, the income of the parent&#8217;s current spouse
shall be counted in accordance with Title IV-A federal regulations at 45 C.F.R.
233.20(a) (3) (xiv) in determining eligibility for TANF for the parent&#8217;s
child or children.

B. Program participants shall be eligible for the income disregards and resource
exclusions in &#xA7; 63.2-505.

C. VIEW participants and their families shall also be eligible for the following
income disregards and resource exclusions:

   1. To reward work, a VIEW participant and his family who have earned income
   from any source other than VIEW, may continue to receive TANF financial
   assistance for up to two years from the date that both parties initially sign
   the agreement. However, in no event shall the TANF payment when added to the
   earned income exceed such percentage of the federal poverty level established
   by the Commissioner, and if necessary any TANF payment shall be reduced so
   that earned income plus the TANF payment equals such percentage of the federal
   poverty level established by the Commissioner.

   2. The fair market value, not to exceed $7,500, of one operable motor vehicle
   per family.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 63-141; 1954, c. 495; 1966, c. 665; 1968, cc. 578, 667,
668, 781, § 63.1-105; 1970, c. 721; 1974, c. 418; 1982, c. 386; 1993, c. 167;
1994, cc. 188, 858, 951, § 63.1-133.47; 1995, c. 450; 1996, c. 857; 1999, c.
638; 2001, c. 483; 2002, c. 747.