The Board shall adopt regulations providing exceptions to the time limitations of this chapter in cases of hardship. In adopting regulations, the Board shall address circumstances:
1. Where a VIEW participant has been actively seeking employment by engaging in job-seeking activities required pursuant to § 60.2-612 and is unable to find employment;
2. Where factors relating to job availability may be unfavorable;
3. Where the VIEW participant loses his job as a result of factors not related to his job performance; and
4. Where extension of benefits for up to one year will enable a participant to complete employment-related education or training.
The Department shall (i) keep records of the number of VIEW participants who receive an exception to the time limitations on TANF benefits due to hardship and the specific circumstances relied upon to grant such exceptions and (ii) annually publish nonidentifying statistics regarding such information.
1994, cc. 858, 951, § 63.1-133.51; 1995, c. 450; 2002, c. 747; 2020, c. 7.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 63.2 - Welfare (Social Services)
Chapter 6 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program
§ 63.2-600. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); purpose; administration
§ 63.2-601. Virginia Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program; goals
§ 63.2-601.1. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Fund established
§ 63.2-601.2. Statewide Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program Funding Pool Program
§ 63.2-602. Eligibility for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); penalty
§ 63.2-603. Eligibility for TANF; childhood immunizations
§ 63.2-605. Eligibility for TANF; parolees and probationers who fail drug tests
§ 63.2-606. Eligibility for TANF; school attendance
§ 63.2-607. Eligibility for TANF; minor parent residency
§ 63.2-607.1. Eligibility for TANF; drug-related felonies
§ 63.2-608. Virginia Initiative for Education and Work (VIEW)
§ 63.2-610. Participation in VIEW; coordinated services
§ 63.2-611. Case management; support services; transitional support services
§ 63.2-612. Time limit on the receipt of TANF
§ 63.2-613. Hardship exceptions
§ 63.2-614. Financial eligibility
§ 63.2-616. Provision of public assistance and social services
§ 63.2-617. Diversionary cash assistance
§ 63.2-620. Child care services for TANF and low-income families