PavelMakarchuk · Oct 29, 2026 · Oct 27, 2026 · Oct 27, 2026
diff --git a/changelog.d/fix-10450-va-tanf-printed-standards.fixed.md b/changelog.d/fix-10450-va-tanf-printed-standards.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Use the printed Virginia TANF Section 304, Appendix 2 standards of assistance and maximum payments from July 2021 and July 2022, instead of scaling the July 2020 amounts, which fell up to $1.59 a month short (Group II maximum $722 instead of $723).
diff --git a/...cyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/tanf/payment/grant_standard/group2/addition.yaml b/...cyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/tanf/payment/grant_standard/group2/addition.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ description: Virginia adds this amount to the grant standard for each additional
 
 values:
   2020-07-01: 81
+  2021-07-01: 90
+  2022-07-01: 95
 
 metadata:
   unit: currency-USD
@@ -10,3 +12,7 @@ metadata:
   reference:
     - title: Virginia TANF Manual Section 302 - Grant Standards
       href: https://web.archive.org/web/20210719231146/https://www.dss.virginia.gov/files/division/bp/tanf/manual/300_11-20.pdf#page=25
+    - title: Virginia TANF Manual (10/21), Section 304, Appendix 2 (7/21, Transmittal 71)
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20211227180044/https://www.dss.virginia.gov/files/division/bp/tanf/manual/Entire_Manual_as_One_Document_10-21.pdf#page=146
+    - title: Virginia TANF Manual, Chapter 300, Section 304, Appendix 2 (7/22, Transmittal 74)
+      href: https://www.dss.virginia.gov/media/vdss/benefit-programs/documents/tanfview/tanf/Chapter-300---Need-and-Amount-of-Assistance.pdf#page=29
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/tanf/payment/grant_standard/group2/main.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/tanf/payment/grant_standard/group2/main.yaml
@@ -10,24 +10,48 @@ metadata:
   reference:
     - title: Virginia TANF Manual Section 302 - Grant Standards
       href: https://web.archive.org/web/20210719231146/https://www.dss.virginia.gov/files/division/bp/tanf/manual/300_11-20.pdf#page=25
+    - title: Virginia TANF Manual (10/21), Section 304, Appendix 2 (7/21, Transmittal 71)
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20211227180044/https://www.dss.virginia.gov/files/division/bp/tanf/manual/Entire_Manual_as_One_Document_10-21.pdf#page=146
+    - title: Virginia TANF Manual, Chapter 300, Section 304, Appendix 2 (7/22, Transmittal 74)
+      href: https://www.dss.virginia.gov/media/vdss/benefit-programs/documents/tanfview/tanf/Chapter-300---Need-and-Amount-of-Assistance.pdf#page=29
 
 1: 
   2020-07-01: 226
+  2021-07-01: 249
+  2022-07-01: 262
 2: 
-  2020-07-01: 332 
+  2020-07-01: 332
+  2021-07-01: 366
+  2022-07-01: 385
 3: 
-  2020-07-01: 417 
+  2020-07-01: 417
+  2021-07-01: 459
+  2022-07-01: 482
 4: 
   2020-07-01: 499
+  2021-07-01: 549
+  2022-07-01: 577
 5: 
-  2020-07-01: 589 
+  2020-07-01: 589
+  2021-07-01: 648
+  2022-07-01: 681
 6: 
-  2020-07-01: 658 
+  2020-07-01: 658
+  2021-07-01: 724
+  2022-07-01: 761
 7: 
-  2020-07-01: 736 
+  2020-07-01: 736
+  2021-07-01: 810
+  2022-07-01: 851
 8: 
   2020-07-01: 822
+  2021-07-01: 905
+  2022-07-01: 951
 9: 
   2020-07-01: 895
+  2021-07-01: 985
+  2022-07-01: 1_035
 10: 
   2020-07-01: 975
+  2021-07-01: 1_073
+  2022-07-01: 1_127
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/tanf/payment/grant_standard/group2/max.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/tanf/payment/grant_standard/group2/max.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ description: Virginia provides up to this maximum assistance for families living
 
 values:
   2020-07-01: 625
+  2021-07-01: 688
+  2022-07-01: 723
 
 metadata:
   unit: currency-USD
@@ -10,3 +12,7 @@ metadata:
   reference:
     - title: Virginia TANF Manual Section 302 - Grant Standards
       href: https://web.archive.org/web/20210719231146/https://www.dss.virginia.gov/files/division/bp/tanf/manual/300_11-20.pdf#page=25
+    - title: Virginia TANF Manual (10/21), Section 304, Appendix 2 (7/21, Transmittal 71)
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20211227180044/https://www.dss.virginia.gov/files/division/bp/tanf/manual/Entire_Manual_as_One_Document_10-21.pdf#page=146
+    - title: Virginia TANF Manual, Chapter 300, Section 304, Appendix 2 (7/22, Transmittal 74)
+      href: https://www.dss.virginia.gov/media/vdss/benefit-programs/documents/tanfview/tanf/Chapter-300---Need-and-Amount-of-Assistance.pdf#page=29
diff --git a/...cyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/tanf/payment/grant_standard/group3/addition.yaml b/...cyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/tanf/payment/grant_standard/group3/addition.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ description: Virginia adds this amount to the grant standard for each additional
 
 values:
   2020-07-01: 81
+  2021-07-01: 90
+  2022-07-01: 95
 
 metadata:
   unit: currency-USD
@@ -10,3 +12,7 @@ metadata:
   reference:
     - title: Virginia TANF Manual Section 304, Appendix 2 - TANF Assistance Standards
       href: https://web.archive.org/web/20210719231146/https://www.dss.virginia.gov/files/division/bp/tanf/manual/300_11-20.pdf#page=26
+    - title: Virginia TANF Manual (10/21), Section 304, Appendix 2 (7/21, Transmittal 71)
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20211227180044/https://www.dss.virginia.gov/files/division/bp/tanf/manual/Entire_Manual_as_One_Document_10-21.pdf#page=147
+    - title: Virginia TANF Manual, Chapter 300, Section 304, Appendix 2 (7/22, Transmittal 74)
+      href: https://www.dss.virginia.gov/media/vdss/benefit-programs/documents/tanfview/tanf/Chapter-300---Need-and-Amount-of-Assistance.pdf#page=30
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/tanf/payment/grant_standard/group3/main.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/tanf/payment/grant_standard/group3/main.yaml
@@ -10,24 +10,48 @@ metadata:
   reference:
     - title: Virginia TANF Manual Section 302 - Grant Standards
       href: https://web.archive.org/web/20210719231146/https://www.dss.virginia.gov/files/division/bp/tanf/manual/300_11-20.pdf#page=26
+    - title: Virginia TANF Manual (10/21), Section 304, Appendix 2 (7/21, Transmittal 71)
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20211227180044/https://www.dss.virginia.gov/files/division/bp/tanf/manual/Entire_Manual_as_One_Document_10-21.pdf#page=147
+    - title: Virginia TANF Manual, Chapter 300, Section 304, Appendix 2 (7/22, Transmittal 74)
+      href: https://www.dss.virginia.gov/media/vdss/benefit-programs/documents/tanfview/tanf/Chapter-300---Need-and-Amount-of-Assistance.pdf#page=30
 
 1: 
   2020-07-01: 316
+  2021-07-01: 348
+  2022-07-01: 366
 2: 
-  2020-07-01: 422 
+  2020-07-01: 422
+  2021-07-01: 465
+  2022-07-01: 489
 3: 
-  2020-07-01: 508 
+  2020-07-01: 508
+  2021-07-01: 559
+  2022-07-01: 587
 4: 
   2020-07-01: 589
+  2021-07-01: 648
+  2022-07-01: 681
 5: 
-  2020-07-01: 701 
+  2020-07-01: 701
+  2021-07-01: 772
+  2022-07-01: 811
 6: 
-  2020-07-01: 767 
+  2020-07-01: 767
+  2021-07-01: 844
+  2022-07-01: 887
 7: 
-  2020-07-01: 847 
+  2020-07-01: 847
+  2021-07-01: 932
+  2022-07-01: 979
 8: 
   2020-07-01: 933
+  2021-07-01: 1_027
+  2022-07-01: 1_079
 9: 
   2020-07-01: 1_007
+  2021-07-01: 1_108
+  2022-07-01: 1_164
 10: 
   2020-07-01: 1_085
+  2021-07-01: 1_194
+  2022-07-01: 1_254
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/tanf/payment/grant_standard/group3/max.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/tanf/payment/grant_standard/group3/max.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ description: Virginia provides up to this maximum assistance for families living
 
 values:
   2020-07-01: 745
+  2021-07-01: 820
+  2022-07-01: 861
 
 metadata:
   unit: currency-USD
@@ -10,3 +12,7 @@ metadata:
   reference:
     - title: Virginia TANF Manual Section 302 - Grant Standards
       href: https://web.archive.org/web/20210719231146/https://www.dss.virginia.gov/files/division/bp/tanf/manual/300_11-20.pdf#page=26
+    - title: Virginia TANF Manual (10/21), Section 304, Appendix 2 (7/21, Transmittal 71)
+      href: https://web.archive.org/web/20211227180044/https://www.dss.virginia.gov/files/division/bp/tanf/manual/Entire_Manual_as_One_Document_10-21.pdf#page=147
+    - title: Virginia TANF Manual, Chapter 300, Section 304, Appendix 2 (7/22, Transmittal 74)
+      href: https://www.dss.virginia.gov/media/vdss/benefit-programs/documents/tanfview/tanf/Chapter-300---Need-and-Amount-of-Assistance.pdf#page=30
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/tanf/standard_multiplier.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/va/dss/tanf/standard_multiplier.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ metadata:
 # The 10% July 2023 increase (SB800 341#1s, Senate floor-approved) was NOT
 # enacted in the final 2023 budget (HB6001, 2023 Special Session I), so the
 # multiplier stops at 1.155.
+# The standards of assistance and the maximum payment are stored as printed in
+# Section 304, Appendix 2 from July 2020, so they use this multiplier only
+# before July 2020. The need standard and the TANF-UP standards use it in
+# every period.
 values:
   # Pre-2016 base (before any increases since 2016)
   1996-01-01: 0.7691

diff --git a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/tanf/va_tanf.yaml b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/va/dss/tanf/va_tanf.yaml
@@ -89,8 +89,9 @@
     va_tanf: 6_000
 
 # Max payment cap tests -- max payment = ceil(base_max * standard_multiplier)
-# For 2023: multiplier is 1.155 for all 12 months
-# Group III TANF: ceil(745*1.155)=861
+# From July 2020 base_max is the printed Section 304, Appendix 2 maximum for
+# the period, and the multiplier is 1.
+# Group III TANF, 7/22 (Transmittal 74): $861
 # Annual max = 12*861 = 10_332
 
 - name: Group III TANF capped at scaled max payment.
@@ -106,8 +107,8 @@
     # Payment 15000 capped at Group III max: 12*861 = 10_332
     va_tanf: 10_332
 
-# Group II TANF: ceil(625*1.155)=722
-# Annual max = 12*722 = 8_664
+# Group II TANF, 7/22 (Transmittal 74): $723 (ceil(625 * 1.155) = 722)
+# Annual max = 12*723 = 8_676
 
 - name: Group II TANF capped at scaled max payment.
   period: 2023
@@ -119,8 +120,8 @@
     va_tanf_countable_income: 0
     county_str: PITTSYLVANIA_COUNTY_VA
   output:
-    # Payment 15000 capped at Group II max: 12*722 = 8_664
-    va_tanf: 8_664
+    # Payment 15000 capped at Group II max: 12*723 = 8_676
+    va_tanf: 8_676
 
 # TANF-UP units are capped at the TANF maximum. The 7/21 Section 304,
 # Appendix 2 (Transmittal 71) maximum reimbursable payment is $820 in
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@
     va_tanf_countable_income: 0
     county_str: ARLINGTON_COUNTY_VA
   output:
-    # ceil(745 * 1.1) = ceil(819.5) = 820
+    # 7/21 Group III maximum: $820
     # (the TANF-UP maximum would be ceil(648 * 1.1) = 713)
     va_tanf: 820
 
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@
     va_tanf_countable_income: 0
     county_str: PITTSYLVANIA_COUNTY_VA
   output:
-    # ceil(625 * 1.1) = ceil(687.5) = 688
+    # 7/21 Group II maximum: $688
     # (the TANF-UP maximum would be ceil(544 * 1.1) = 599)
     va_tanf: 688
 
@@ -169,7 +170,8 @@
     va_tanf: 8_400
 
 # Since July 2021 Virginia has one schedule of standards (TANF Manual
-# Section 304, Appendix 2) for all units. January 2025 multiplier: 1.155
+# Section 304, Appendix 2) for all units. January 2025 multiplier for the
+# TANF-UP schedule: 1.155
 
 - name: In January 2025 a TANF-UP unit gets the TANF grant standard.
   period: 2025-01
@@ -195,8 +197,8 @@
     va_tanf_countable_income: 0
     county_str: ARLINGTON_COUNTY_VA
   output:
-    # Group III TANF maximum: ceil(745 * 1.155) = ceil(860.475) = 861, the
-    # 7/22 Section 304, Appendix 2 (Transmittal 74) maximum of $861
+    # Group III TANF maximum: the 7/22 Section 304, Appendix 2
+    # (Transmittal 74) maximum of $861
     # (the TANF-UP maximum would be ceil(648 * 1.155) = 749)
     va_tanf: 861
 
@@ -212,3 +214,63 @@
   output:
     # TANF grant standard $500 - countable income $100 = $400
     va_tanf: 400
+
+# The grant standard and the maximum from the printed Section 304, Appendix 2
+# tables, computed rather than given as inputs.
+
+- name: In January 2025 a Group II unit of twelve with no income gets the 7/22 maximum.
+  period: 2025-01
+  input:
+    state_code: VA
+    va_tanf_eligibility: true
+    va_up_tanf_eligibility: false
+    spm_unit_size: 12
+    va_tanf_countable_income: 0
+    county_str: PITTSYLVANIA_COUNTY_VA
+  output:
+    # Grant standard: 7/22 Group II size 10 $1,127 + 2 * $95 = $1,317
+    # 7/22 Group II maximum: $723
+    va_tanf_grant_standard: 1_317
+    va_tanf: 723
+
+- name: In January 2025 a Group II unit of three with no income gets the 7/22 standard.
+  period: 2025-01
+  input:
+    state_code: VA
+    va_tanf_eligibility: true
+    va_up_tanf_eligibility: false
+    spm_unit_size: 3
+    va_tanf_countable_income: 0
+    county_str: PITTSYLVANIA_COUNTY_VA
+  output:
+    # 7/22 Group II, size 3: $482, below the $723 maximum
+    va_tanf: 482
+
+- name: In January 2022 a Group II unit of twelve with no income gets the 7/21 maximum.
+  period: 2022-01
+  input:
+    state_code: VA
+    va_tanf_eligibility: true
+    va_up_tanf_eligibility: false
+    spm_unit_size: 12
+    va_tanf_countable_income: 0
+    county_str: PITTSYLVANIA_COUNTY_VA
+  output:
+    # Grant standard: 7/21 Group II size 10 $1,073 + 2 * $90 = $1,253
+    # 7/21 Group II maximum: $688
+    va_tanf_grant_standard: 1_253
+    va_tanf: 688
+
+- name: In January 2019 the maximum still scales the 7/20 maximum.
+  period: 2019-01
+  input:
+    state_code: VA
+    va_tanf_eligibility: true
+    va_up_tanf_eligibility: false
+    va_tanf_grant_standard: 1_500
+    va_tanf_up_grant_standard: 0
+    va_tanf_countable_income: 0
+    county_str: PITTSYLVANIA_COUNTY_VA
+  output:
+    # January 2019 multiplier: 0.8282; ceil(625 * 0.8282) = ceil(517.625) = 518
+    va_tanf: 518
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		Use the printed Virginia TANF Section 304, Appendix 2 standards of assistance and maximum payments from July 2021 and July 2022, instead of scaling the July 2020 amounts, which fell up to $1.59 a month short (Group II maximum $722 instead of $723).