Families that received diversion payments would be eligible for 3 months of transitional child care and Medicaid benefits. (4) Enhance AFDC payments by not more than $50 per month for participants with a fulltime selfsufficiency schedule. (5) Increase the earned income disregard rate from the current onethird rate to a rate as and high as onehalf. or allow income earned by teens in the JTPA summer program to be discounted. (6) Eliminate the time limit on the earned income disregard. (7) Increase the cap on asset limitations from $1.000 to $2.000. In addition. allowed to exempt up to one vehicle. (8) Upon mutual agreement with the participant. use funding from Food Stamps as a wage subsidy for that participant or as a direct cash payment to a participant following a fulltime schedule selfsufficiency plan. (9) Create sanctions based on poor school attendance or failure to immunize children. In addition. the SelfSufficiency Act outlines three changes beyond the scope of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Program: (1) Allows States to deny any needbased benefits and services to noncitizens. (2) Mandates that consumer credit reports Include information on overdue child support payments. (3) Provides that quarterly payments of earned income credit and dependent care credit will be made available.
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