PDFWAC 388-14A-5015
What is a pass-through payment?
(1) Between October 1, 2008 and April 30, 2011 and beginning again on February 1, 2021, the division of child support (DCS) passes through a portion of child support collections to a family receiving TANF.
(2) A pass-through payment is the portion of a support collection applied to assigned support that the state elects to pay to a family receiving TANF at the time the collection is received.
(3) Between October 1, 2008 and April 30, 2011, the pass-through payment was paid in the following amounts:
(a) Up to one hundred dollars per month to a family with one child in the assistance unit.
(b) Up to two hundred dollars per month to a family with two or more children in the assistance unit.
(4) Beginning February 1, 2021, the pass-through payment is paid in the following amounts:
(a) Up to fifty dollars per month to a family with one child in the assistance unit.
(b) Up to one hundred dollars per month to a family with two or more children in the assistance unit.
(5) The pass-through is paid from collections distributed to either current support or assigned arrears.
(6) The pass-through amount for any month cannot exceed the amount collected in that month.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 26.09.105(20), 26.18.170(21), 26.23.050, 26.23.110(14), 43.20A.550, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.08.090, 74.20A.310. WSR 21-12-003, § 388-14A-5015, filed 5/19/21, effective 6/19/21. Statutory Authority: RCW 26.23.035 and 74.08.090. WSR 11-14-063, § 388-14A-5015, filed 6/30/11, effective 7/31/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 26.18.170, 26.23.035, 26.23.050, [26.23.]110, 74.20.040, 74.20A.030, [74.20A.]055, [74.20A.]056, and 74.20A.310. WSR 09-02-059, § 388-14A-5015, filed 1/5/09, effective 1/27/09.]