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2021 Session

Budget Amendments - SB1100 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: McClellan
Increase TANF Standards of Assistance by 18%

Item 350 #1s

Item 350 #1s

First Year - FY2021 Second Year - FY2022
Health and Human Resources
Department of Social Services FY2021 $0 FY2022 $1,684,693 GF
FY2021 $0 FY2022 $19,256,072 NGF

Language
Page 420, line 44, strike "$152,429,363" and insert "$173,370,128".

Page 423, line 4, after "O." insert "1."

Page 423, line 6, strike "2020." and insert:

"2021 and 18 percent effective July 1, 2022."

Page 423, after line 6, insert:

"2. The Department of Social Services shall develop a plan to increase the standards of assistance by 18 percent annually until they equal 50 percent of the federal poverty level."



Explanation

(This amendment adds $1.7 million from the general fund and $19.1 million from the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) block grant the second year to increase the standards of assistance by 18 percent beginning in fiscal year 2022. Language requires the Department of Social Services to develop a plan to increase the standards of assistance by 18 percent annually until the standards equal 50 percent of the federal poverty level, which is estimated to take four years. TANF eligibility is tied to the monthly cash assistance value. In 1985, a three person family in the City of Richmond could be eligible with net income below 48 percent of the federal poverty level. To qualify now, the family's net income must be less than 30 percent of the federal poverty level.)