4130 Independent Living Assistance Planning - The following provisions assistance planning apply to all individuals and assistance families who live in their own homes (renting, living with friends or relatives, homeless, etc.) and to persons living in room and board situations, but do not apply to persons in specialized living arrangements (see 4160):
For TANF, budgetary standards are determined by the number of persons in the assistance plan. For households in which there are persons who are excluded from the assistance plan, a shared living arrangement exists except as provided in 7411 (1) (b), (c) and (d). The shared living need standard recognizes that non-assistance household members have some responsibility for shelter expenses.
When a person is temporarily absent
per 2220
and does not meet the criteria of absence for TANF per 2163, he is to be considered as a
member of the household and the assistance plan shall include his
needs and resources.
For cash assistance applicants/recipients
(adults and children) who are temporarily receiving care in a medical
facility (e.g., hospital, nursing facility, etc.), the following provisions
apply:
Cash assistance applicants may
be approved for cash assistance if the medical care is not scheduled
to exceed two calendar months following the month of admission.
Cash assistance recipients may
continue to be included in the cash assistance plan if medical
care is not expected to exceed two calendar months following the
month of admission.
Newborn children of cash applicants/recipients
who remain hospitalized after birth may be eligible for cash assistance
if the hospitalization is not expected to exceed 2 calendar months
following the month of birth.