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An Act to Increase Access to Basic Needs for Low-income Maine Children and Fami...
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3. Coordination with special housing allowance.
The
assistance increase required by this section does not decrease
the special housing allowance payment under section 3762,
subsection 3, paragraph B, subparagraph (6) to assistance units
that have received the special housing allowance without
interruption since June 1998.
SUMMARY
This bill provides an annual increase of 5% in the maximum
amount of assistance available to low-income families with
children under the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program
until the maximum amount of TANF assistance for a family of 3 is
at least equal to the average of the other New England states'
maximum amount of TANF assistance for a family of 3.
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