Fix Indiana TANF to pay the maximum benefit (IC 12-14-2-5)#8543
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Indiana TANF previously paid the standard of need ($255 for a family of two) instead of the amount of assistance / maximum benefit ($409 from 2024-07-01). Add an amount_of_assistance parameter schedule and an in_tanf_maximum_benefit variable, and rewire in_tanf and in_tanf_payment_eligible to use it. Also add the post-2025 initial eligibility screens (35% FPL gross / maximum-grant net, rising to 50% FPL from 2027) per IC 12-14-1-1.7 and FSSA Chapter 3000, while preserving the pre-2025 standard-of-need test and the 100% FPL continuing test. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Indiana TANF was paying the standard of need ($255 for a family of two) instead of the amount of assistance / maximum benefit ($409 effective 2024-07-01). This corrects the benefit to the IC 12-14-2-5 maximum benefit and adds the post-2025 income eligibility screens. For a zero-income family of two the modeled benefit goes from $255 to $409 (July 2024 onward).
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What changed
New parameters (
gov/states/in/fssa/tanf/):amount_of_assistance/amount.yaml— maximum benefit by unit size, tiers at 1997-10-01, 2023-07-01, and 2024-07-01 ($248/$409/$513/.../$1,241).amount_of_assistance/max_table_size.yaml(10) +additional_member_amount.yaml($104 from 2024-07-01) for units above size 10.eligibility/initial/gross_income/fpg_rate.yaml(35% from 2025-07-01, 50% from 2027-07-01) andeligibility/initial/net_income/maximum_grant_rate.yaml(100% of the maximum grant from 2025-07-01).New variables:
in_tanf_maximum_benefit,in_tanf_gross_income.Updated variables:
in_tanfandin_tanf_payment_eligiblenow use the maximum benefit;in_tanf_countable_income_eligibleapplies the post-2025 gross + net initial screens while preserving the pre-2025 standard-of-need test and the 100% FPL continuing test.in_tanf_payment_standard(standard of need) is unchanged apart from aperiod.this_yearalignment on the size lookup.Behavior
Test plan
in_tanf_maximum_benefit.yamlandin_tanf_gross_income.yaml; expandedin_tanf, payment-eligibility, countable-income-eligibility, integration, and edge-case tests covering the 2023/2024 increases, the post-2025 screens, the size-10 / size-11 boundary, and the negative-income benefit cap.make formatpasses; all expected values independently verified via direct simulation.Verification note
Amounts are verified against primary sources. The current FSSA Chapter 3000 labels the maximum-benefit chart "effective 7/1/2025", while FSSA Transmittal 2024 and the enrolled SEA 265 amendment to IC 12-14-2-5 specify 7/1/2024; this PR models the statutory/transmittal date (2024-07-01) and cites both.
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