HAR §17-656.1-3
HAR §17-656.1-3. Time limited benefits
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Cite as Haw. Code R. § 17-656.1-3
(a) Receipt
of cash assistance shall be limited to sixty months for
all assistance units; provided that the time limitation
may not apply if:
(1) The assistance unit meets the definition of
an other work eligible household or a non-
work eligible household, as specified in
section 17-656.1-2, and is paid benefits
using state funds; or
(2) An extension is permitted by federal law.
(b) A time eligible month will be credited to each
adult in a work eligible household for each month
assistance is received.
(c) The determination of the number of months of
assistance received by an assistance unit will be based
on the primary adult.
(d) Countable months of assistance begin with the
first month the assistance unit receives assistance on
or after December 1, 1996.
(e) The department will count months of
assistance for independent minor parents, but will not
count months of assistance received as a dependent
child. [Eff 9/26/97; am 10/18/01; am and comp