Filed as: Economic Assistance - TANF
Families receiving TANF assistance in South Dakota will see their monthly payments reduced by 10 percent across all household sizes, and children placed by child placement agencies will now receive the same payment standard as other children not living with parents rather than a separate higher rate. The Department of Social Services is consolidating three separate payment standards into two—one for households that include a parent and one for households without a parent—to align spending with the state's appropriated budget. For example, a single parent household will drop from $512 to $461 monthly under independent living arrangements, and a one-child household without a parent will decrease from $432 to $389.
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The rule changes reduce the TANF standard payment by 10% to align expenditures with the appropriated budget and combines the payment standards into two. ‘Agency placed’ children will now have the same TANF payment standard as other children who are not with parents but are not agency placed.
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