Section 17-656.2-54 - Exit bonus requirements(a) An exit bonus may be paid to eligible households that submit a timely application no later than the last calendar day in the month following the month action is taken to terminate benefits. The applicant shall: (1) Meet the categorical eligibility requirements specified in subchapter 1;(2) Have received at least one month of TANF benefits and less than twenty-five months of TANF benefits. The Department shall determine the number of months based on the adult with the greater number of months on TANF;(3) Have been terminated from TANF benefits: (A) By voluntary request for case closure, provided that households who received Self-Sufficiency payments shall be considered recipients for the period the Self-Sufficiency payment was issued;(B) Due to excess income; or(C) Due to excess assets;(4) Have total monthly gross income which does not exceed three hundred per cent of the federal poverty level in effect on July 1 of each year. Countable income shall be determined and budgeted as specified in chapter 17-676;(5) Have at least one employed adult at time of termination from TANF who is expected to continue to be employed: (A) The adult shall be expected to be employed at least eighty-six hours a month or have self-employment. Self-employment gross income must meet or exceed eighty-six hours at state minimum wage.(B) An adult who has more than one employment shall be allowed to use the total hours of all employment to determine the number of hours employed.(C) If there is more than one employed adult, the total hours worked by both adults can be used to determine eligibility for the exit bonus.(D) Any adult whose employment hours are used to determine eligibility for the exit bonus shall be considered to have received the exit bonus; and(6) Have not previously received the exit bonus.(b) The exit bonus shall be determined as follows:(1) A bonus in the amount of $500 shall be paid if the average monthly hours are expected to be not less than eighty-six hours but not more than one hundred twenty-eight hours;(2) A bonus in the amount of $700 shall be paid if the average monthly hours are expected to be not less than one hundred twenty-nine hours but not more than one hundred seventy-two hours.(3) A bonus in the amount of $1000 shall be paid if the average monthly hours are expected to be one hundred seventy-three hours or more.(c) Receipt of the exit bonus is limited to once in the lifetime of the household in which the employed adult resides.(d) An exit bonus payment shall not be subject to overpayment and recovery provisions specified in chapter 17-683.Haw. Code R. § 17-656.2-54
[Eff 9/18/06; 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 )