Notes: TANF and State Family Assistance: TANF and State Family Assistance: ESA provides TANF cash grants to the following financially needy client groups: (1) children under age 18, (2) children under age 19 attending high school or working towards a GED full-time, (3) parents or caretaker relatives of these children, (4) unmarried teen parents under the age of 18, and (5) pregnant women. Eligibility for TANF cash grants is limited to a 5-year period during which adult members of the family or assistance unit are expected to participate in WorkFirst. In addition to ongoing TANF cash grants, families may receive a special one-time Additional Requirements for Emergent Needs (AREN) cash payment to meet emergency housing or utility needs. ESA also provides SFA cash grants to certain persons meeting Washington State residency requirements who are not eligible for TANF assistance and who are (1) qualified aliens and have been in the United States for less than five years, (2) aliens who are permanently residing in the US under color of law (PRUCOL), (3) nineteen or twenty year-old students meeting certain education requirements (i.e. receiving a special education due to their disability or participating full-time in secondary education or vocational training), or (4) pregnant women who have been convicted of either misrepresenting their residence in order to receive benefits from two or more states at the same time or of a drug-related felony.

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