The Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) will issue a one-time nonassistance payment during August 2009 to defray the back-to-school costs, during these difficult economic times, for Temporary Assistance (TA) and Food Stamp (FS) households with children aged three through 17. Recipients of the payment may use it to purchase such items as books, pencils, pens, notebooks, calculators, backpacks, shoes, school uniforms, pants, skirts, dresses and other essential clothes and school items. There will be no local share for the cost of the one-time back-to-school payments or for the associated EBT issuance cost.
TA and FS households meeting the following eligibility criteria will receive a payment of $200.00 per eligible child:
* The child is age 3 through 17 on August 1, 2009, regardless of the child's relationship to the head of household; and
* The child is active or sanctioned on either an Active TA or an Active FS case at any time during July 2009.
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