Backdate Utah TANF

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Summary

Closes #7471. Closes #6878.

Backdates Utah FEP (Family Employment Program / TANF) parameters to 2008 with historical values from DWS obsolete tables and WRDTP longitudinal data.

Regulatory Authority

• Utah Admin. Code R986-200-239 — Income eligibility, deductions, and benefit calculation
• Utah Admin. Code R986-200-230 — Resource limits

Income Eligibility Tests

Gross income test (R986-200-239(1)): Gross income ≤ 185% of Standard Needs Budget (SNB)

• Source: DWS Table 1

Net income test (R986-200-239(4)): Countable income < 100% of SNB (strict less than)

• Source: Utah Admin. Code R986-200-239

Income Deductions & Exemptions

Deduction	Amount	Source
Work expense allowance	$100/employed person	R986-200-239(2)(a), WRDTP Table L4
Earned income disregard	50% of remainder	R986-200-239(2)(b)/(5)(a), WRDTP Table L4

Income Standards (Standard Needs Budget by family size)

Size	SNB	Payment Standard (2008–Sept 2022)	Payment Standard (Oct 2022+)
1	$329	$288	$383
2	$456	$399	$531
3	$568	$498	$662
4	$665	$583	$775
5	$757	$663	$882
6	$834	$731	$972
7	$873	$765	$1,017
8	$914	$801	$1,065
9	$957	$839	$1,116
10	$997	$874	$1,162
11	$1,038	$910	$1,210
12	$1,079	$946	$1,258
13	$1,120	$982	$1,306
14	$1,161	$1,018	$1,354
15	$1,203	$1,055	$1,403
16	$1,244	$1,090	$1,450

• SNB unchanged from 2008 through present
• Sources: DWS Obsolete Table 1 (2008–2012), DWS Obsolete Table 1 (2012–2022), DWS Table 1 (current)

Benefit Calculation

Per R986-200-239(6): Benefit = Payment Standard − Countable Income

Resource limit: $2,000 (R986-200-230(5), WRDTP Table L8)

Changes in this PR

• Backdate payment standard, SNB, gross income limit rate, work expense, earned income disregard, and resource limit to 2008 (or 1996 where WRDTP confirms)
• Add historical payment standard values (2008–Sept 2022) for sizes 1–16
• Remove unsourced sizes 17–19 (DWS Table 1 only goes to 16)
• Add DWS Obsolete Table 1 references for 2008–2012 and 2012–2022 periods
• Fix benefit formula code comment (R986-200-246 → R986-200-239(6))
• Clarify gross income limit description to reference SNB
• Add historical integration tests for 2020 period

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