Department of Human Services
Self-Sufficiency Programs - Chapter 461
Division 125
BASIS OF NEED
461-125-0150
Determining Primary Wage Earner (PWE); TANF
(1) The primary wage earner (PWE) is the parent who earned the most money in the 24 months before requesting assistance.
(2) Once a parent is determined to be the PWE, their status cannot change while the family remains continuously eligible for cash assistance, unless:
(a) The other parent later provides evidence that they should have been the PWE at the time of application; or
(b) The parent who is the PWE is out of the household group for at least one full calendar month. If so, the branch office must redetermine the PWE.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 411.060, 411.070, 411.404 & 412.049
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 411.060, 411.070, 411.116, 411.404 & 412.049
History:
SSP 38-2013, f. 12-31-13, cert. ef. 1-1-14
SSP 30-2013(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 10-1-13 thru 3-30-14
AFS 11-1999, f. & cert. ef. 10-1-99
AFS 42-1996, f. 12-31-96, cert. ef. 1-1-97
AFS 23-1994, f. 9-29-94, cert. ef. 10-1-94
AFS 6-1994, f. & cert. ef. 4-1-94
AFS 80-1989, f. 12-21-89, cert. ef. 2-1-90