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Senators seek to let Ohio TANF recipients keep small portion of child support payments
Summary
Sponsors of Senate Bill 67 told the Government Oversight and Reform Committee that the bill would allow families on Ohio Works First to keep up to $100 per child (maximum $200 per family) of child support without losing TANF eligibility; sponsors cited state estimates that roughly 12,000 families would retain about $12 million annually.
Senators appearing before the Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee on the first hearing of Senate Bill 67 said the bill would allow custodial parents receiving Ohio Works First, the state’s TANF cash assistance program, to retain a limited pass-through of child support payments.
Supporters told the committee that the bill would create a pass-through and income disregard of $100 per child, up to $200 per family, so those amounts would not be counted in determining Ohio Works First eligibility.
Senators Roman, Chuck and Liston, the bill’s sponsors, said federal law currently requires families on TANF to assign…
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