Field Ops Memo 1997-49: Domestic Violence - TAFDC

Introduction

The Department has adopted regulations (State Letter 1134) and procedures that explain when certain program requirements (work program, the family cap rule and the 24-month time limit) will be waived for good cause due to domestic violence. At application, eligibility review and other appropriate times, workers must:

• give applicants and recipients the opportunity to review the pamphlet entitled You and Your Children Deseroe To Be Safe, which describes the signs of domestic violence and informs them of the services available to victims of domestic violence. This brochure must also be available for recipients to read in the waiting area;
• inform applicants and recipients of the program waivers that may be requested if domestic violence is present; explain the good cause regulations and procedures for domestic violence; and
• assist applicants and recipients with the good cause process, upon request.