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):

 

  1. 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.


  2. 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.
     

  3. 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:
     

    1. 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.
       

    2. 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.
       

    3. 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.
       

  4. VR will be responsible for maintenance, medical, and training needs of those in a VR training program.