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TAFDC Advocacy Guide

• Introduction
• Part 1: General Eligibility Rules
• Part 2: Assistance Units
• Part 3: Time Limit and Work Program Rules and Exemptions
• Part 4: Financial Eligibility
• Part 5: Benefits and Services
  • 79. What are the basic benefits available to TAFDC recipients?
  • 80. When will you get your TAFDC benefits?
  • 81. How will you get your grant–direct deposit or electronic benefits transfer?
  • 82. What should you do if you need to replace or change your EBT card?
  • 83. What are the rules about what you can buy?
  • 84. When can DTA take money back?
  • 85. What other benefits do TAFDC recipients get?
  • 86. Can you get Transitional cash benefits after you leave TAFDC?
  • 87. What if DTA makes a mistake and owes you money?
  • 88. When does DTA pay your benefits directly to your landlord or utility company?
  • 89. What is the Pathways to Work Program?
  • 90. What are your Pathways to Work choices?
  • 91. What is a Pathways to Work Plan?
  • 92. Will DTA approve college attendance?
  • 93. Who is eligible for child care through DTA?
  • 94. Which children can get child care?
  • 95. How do you get child care? How should you choose a child care provider?
  • 96. Can you get full-time care?
  • 97. Can you get money for transportation?
• Part 6: Applications and Proofs
• Part 7: Proving Continuing Eligibility
• Part 8: Appeal Rights
• Part 9: Overpayments and Fraud
• Appendices: TAFDC Guide

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Massachusetts Law Reform Institute

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January 2024

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Part 5 of the TAFDC Advocacy Guide has information about how much TAFDC you will get.  It also has information about other benefits for those getting TAFDC in Massachusetts.

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TAFDC Advocacy Guide Part 5: Benefits and Services (January 2024).

78. What happens if you run out of money before the lump sum time is up?

79. What are the basic benefits available to TAFDC recipients?

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