Such families are included in determining whether a State exceeds the 20-percent limit on families receiving TANF assistance for more than 60 months. States may also use Federal TANF funds to provide assistance as long as necessary to families that reach the Federal time limit and are currently experiencing domestic violence or have been unable to successfully transition off welfare due to past domestic violence experiences. While States may not stop the Federal clock for families experiencing domestic violence, States may protect the family from accrual of months under the Federal clock by paying their assistance with State-only funds. However, the statute and final TANF rules1 "stop the clock" (i.e., the Federal 60-month clock) for a family receiving federally-funded assistance only when the family does not include a head-of-household or spouse of the head-of-household, or when a family lives in Indian country or a Native Alaskan Village where at least 50 percent of the adults are not employed. Q1: If a State has adopted the Family Violence Option, may it "stop the clock" for families experiencing domestic violence?Ī1: The Family Violence Option allows a State to provide good cause domestic violence waivers of various program requirements to anyone it has identified as a victim of domestic violence if compliance with those requirements would make it more difficult for the person to escape domestic violence or would unfairly penalize the person.
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