Section 17-656.2-26 - Benefit determination(a) A household that has met the requirements of this subchapter may request a self-sufficiency payment equaling three months, six months, or eight months of benefits.(b) The total number of months used to determine a self-sufficiency payment shall not exceed the number of time eligible months remaining for the household.(c) A household shall have the self-sufficiency payment determined as follows: (1) For applicants, the self-sufficiency payment shall equal the amount of the first eligible full monthly TANF payment multiplied by the number of months of benefits being requested.(2) For recipients, the self-sufficiency payment shall equal the amount of the TANF payment for the month following the month a self-sufficiency payment is requested multiplied by the number of months being requested.(d) The self-sufficiency payment shall not be adjusted regardless of changes in circumstances or household size.(e) When a self-sufficiency payment is issued, the assistance unit shall be ineligible for financial assistance from the month that is used to compute the self-sufficiency payment in subsection (c). The assistance unit shall be ineligible for the following periods: (1) Five consecutive calendar months for a payment equaling three months of benefits;(2) Nine consecutive calendar months for a payment equaling six months of benefits; or(3) Twelve consecutive calendar months for a payment equaling eight months of benefits.(f) The ineligible period shall not be adjusted regardless of changes in circumstances or household size.Haw. Code R. § 17-656.2-26
[Eff 12/31/01; comp 1/20/05; am 1/17/08; am and comp 6/26/09] (Auth: HRS § 346-14) (Imp: HRS §§ 346-14, 346-29; 45 C.F.R. §§260.20, 260.31 )