§ 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)
§ 63.2-609 VIEW exemptions
§ 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
§ 63.2-615 Payment of tuition and other expenses of public assistance recipients enrolled in skill development training programs
§ 63.2-616 Provision of public assistance and social services
§ 63.2-617 Diversionary cash assistance
§ 63.2-618 Notice and appeal
§ 63.2-620 Child care services for TANF and low-income families
§ 63.2-621 Restrictions on use of TANF cash assistance

Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 63.2 > Subtitle II > Chapter 6 - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program

  • Adult: means a person 18 years of age or more. See Virginia Code 1-203
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of the Department, his designee or authorized representative. See Virginia Code 63.2-100
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Department: means the State Department of Social Services. See Virginia Code 63.2-100
  • Department of Health and Human Services: means the Department of Health and Human Services of the United States government or any department or agency thereof that may hereafter be designated as the agency to administer the Social Security Act, as amended. See Virginia Code 63.2-100
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Foster care placement: means placement of a child through (i) an agreement between the parents or guardians and the local board where legal custody remains with the parents or guardians or (ii) an entrustment or commitment of the child to the local board or licensed child-placing agency. See Virginia Code 63.2-100
  • Includes: means includes, but not limited to. See Virginia Code 1-218
  • Local board: means the local board of social services representing one or more counties or cities. See Virginia Code 63.2-100
  • Local department: means the local department of social services of any county or city in the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 63.2-100
  • Month: means a calendar month and "year" means a calendar year. See Virginia Code 1-223
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
  • Public assistance: means Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); auxiliary grants to the aged, blind and disabled; medical assistance; energy assistance; food stamps; employment services; child care; and general relief. See Virginia Code 63.2-100
  • Social services: means foster care, adoption, adoption assistance, child-protective services, domestic violence services, or any other services program implemented in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board. See Virginia Code 63.2-100
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
  • state agency: means the same as that term is defined in § 2. See Virginia Code 1-206
  • sworn: means "affirm" or "affirmed. See Virginia Code 1-250
  • TANF: means the program administered by the Department through which a relative can receive monthly cash assistance for the support of his eligible children. See Virginia Code 63.2-100
  • TANF-UP: means the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program for families in which both natural or adoptive parents of a child reside in the home and neither parent is exempt from Virginia Initiative for Education and Work (VIEW) participation under § 63. See Virginia Code 63.2-100