FAA6.I Tribal Assistance Programs : 04 Hopi Tribal TANF Program - Overview : A Eligibility Requirements - Hopi Tribal TANF
Eligibility Requirements - Hopi Tribal TANF
 
(01/01/20 –12/31/20)
 
Hopi TANF eligibility is limited to otherwise eligible CA budgetary units that meet all of the following:
 
●The budgetary unit lives in the HOPI TANF Service Delivery Area (SDA).
●At least one participant in the budgetary unit is an enrolled Hopi tribal member. The participant’s Hopi Tribal enrollment must be verified. (See Ethnicity)
 
NOTE When the budgetary unit consists of only a pregnant participant, see Hopi Pregnant Participant. When the budgetary unit consists of a Nonparent caretaker relative, see Hopi Nonparent caretaker relative.
 
A child may be deprived due to one or more of the following:
 
●The death of a parent
●The physical disability, mental disability, or incapacity of a parent
●The unemployment or underemployment of a parent
●A lack of parental support of an absent parent
 
NOTE When a parent is physically out of the home, but still assists with decisions about parenting the child, there is no deprivation due to absence. The PI must be given the choice to add the absent parent to the Tribal TANF budgetary unit. When the PI chooses not to add the absent parent then there is no deprivation, and the child is not eligible for Tribal TANF benefits.