Montana Temporary Assistance for Needy Children TANF

To apply for TANF in Montana, you can visit this Office of Public Assistance

OR

Apply online at apply.mt.gov

Montana DPHHS provides TANF Public Assistance at this Human and Community Services Office.

We are offering an online payment process as a convenience to our customers who wish to pay for their SNAP or TANF overpayment claim. snapBy using the link below, you will be directed to another web page which will allow you to pay your repayment claim by either electronic check or by credit card (VISA, Mastercard, or America Express). You may pay the full claim amount of a portion of the claim amount.

Eligibility for TANF Cash Assistance
TANF cash assistance is a program providing temporary financial assistance to needy families. The receipt of TANF cash assistance is limited to 60 months in an adult's lifetime. Temporary financial assistance may be provided to the following families and individuals:
Minor Children;
Specified relatives with whom the children are living;
The minor children's blood-related/adoptive siblings with whom the children are living;
Pregnant women in their last trimester who have no other eligible children; and
Refugees with minor dependent children.

Temporary financial assistance will not be provided to the following:
Minor children who are absent from the home for a period of 90 consecutive days;
Families whose specified caretaker relatives do not assign certain child support rights to the State;
Families whose specified caretaker relative does not cooperate in establishing paternity or obtaining child support as required;
Families containing an adult who has received 60 months of TANF cash assistance, unless an extension is granted by the State.
Persons receiving SSI;
Teenage parents not living in adult-supervised settings as defined by the State;
Fugitive felons and probation and parole violators;
Individuals convicted after August 22, 1996 (under Federal or State law), of any offense which is classified as a felony and which has an element the possession, use, or distribution of a controlled substance, unless the individual is complying with the conditions of supervision or if the sentence associated with the felony conviction has been discharged and the individual is actively participating in treatment, if required.
Individuals found to have fraudulently misrepresented residence in order to obtain assistance in two or more states;
Caretaker relatives who fail to notify the State of a child's absence from the home for a period of 90 or more days:
Minor children receiving Foster Care Payments unless the absence is considered temporary (not to exceed 90 days); and
Ineligible or illegal aliens.