Appendix B: Desk Guide for Determining Category – Two-Parent Families

Two-parent budget group. Some or all children in common. One or both parents have a health condition that is not serious enough to exempt them from participating in work or work-related activities. Both unemployed or have income less than the Family Size Allowance (FSA).

U

Deprivation for a child is based on unemployment of both parents, or underemployment, if one or both parents:

· Have work in which the net earned income of the budget group, after allowable deductions, is less than the Family Size Allowance (FSA) for the budget group. 

· Have "on the job training" in a project that is approved or recommended by the Job Service or the RESET program.

Two-parent budget group. Some or all children in common. Both parents are incapacitated to the extent that they are exempt from participating in work or work-related activities.

C

Deprivation exists.

Two-parent budget group. Some or all children in common. One parent has an incapacity that exempts him/her from participating in work or work-related activities.

C

When deprivation can be established either due to an incapacity that exempts participation in work or work-related activities, the CAO will authorize C.

Two-parent budget group at least one child in common and at least one with an absent parent. Both unemployed or have income less than the FSA.

U

The children are half-siblings and both meet TANF deprivation. One is deprived due to absence and the other is deprived based on the unemployment or underemployment of both parents.
If a budget group consists of two or more TANF dependent children who qualify under different deprivation factors, i.e., certain members qualify for TANF-C while others qualify only for TANF-U, the U category takes precedence over the C category when designating the category of the budget group.

Two-parent budget group, with at least one child in common and at least one child with an absent parent. One parent is employed with net income greater than the FSA

C

No deprivation exists for the child in common and that child is not a TANF child.

Only one parent and the child whose parent is absent could receive TANF-C if otherwise eligible.

Two-parent budget group, with at least one child in common and at least one child with an absent parent. One parent is employed with net income less than the FSA

U

One child qualifies for TANF based on absence. The children in common are included because they are half-siblings and meet TANF deprivation due to underemployment. Net income is less than the FSA.