PolicyEngine · hua7450 · May 13, 2026 · May 14, 2026 · May 14, 2026
diff --git a/changelog.d/ma-tafdc-fy25-correction.fixed.md b/changelog.d/ma-tafdc-fy25-correction.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Backdate Massachusetts TAFDC and EAEDC standard assistance amounts to include FY25 (April 2025) 10% increase. The FY24 raise scheduled for April 2024 was rescinded by 9C cuts in January 2024; the actual increase came from the FY25 budget.
diff --git a/...ine_us/parameters/gov/states/ma/dta/tcap/eaedc/standard_assistance/amount/additional.yaml b/...ine_us/parameters/gov/states/ma/dta/tcap/eaedc/standard_assistance/amount/additional.yaml
@@ -13,20 +13,26 @@ metadata:
       href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/massachusetts/106-CMR-704-435
     - title: Emergency Aid to the Elderly Disabled and Children (EAEDC) Grant Calculation
       href: https://www.mass.gov/lists/emergency-aid-to-the-elderly-disabled-and-children-eaedc-grant-calculation
+    - title: DTA Online Guide Transmittal 2025-10, TAFDC & EAEDC Grant Increase (April 1, 2025 effective date; PNA for living arrangements C and E excluded from increase)
+      href: https://eohhs.ehs.state.ma.us/DTA/PolicyOnline/olg%20docs/olgtm/2025/10.pdf#page=1
 
 A:
   2022-01-01: 121
+  2025-04-01: 133.1
 B:
   2022-01-01: 121
+  2025-04-01: 133.1
 C:
-  2022-01-01: 0 
+  2022-01-01: 0
 D:
   2022-01-01: 121
+  2025-04-01: 133.1
 E:
-  2022-01-01: 0 
+  2022-01-01: 0
 F:
-  2022-01-01: 0 
+  2022-01-01: 0
 H:
   2022-01-01: 80.8
+  2025-04-01: 88.9
 NONE:
   2022-01-01: 0
diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ma/dta/tcap/eaedc/standard_assistance/amount/base.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ma/dta/tcap/eaedc/standard_assistance/amount/base.yaml
@@ -12,20 +12,27 @@ metadata:
       href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/massachusetts/106-CMR-704-435
     - title: Emergency Aid to the Elderly Disabled and Children (EAEDC) Grant Calculation
       href: https://www.mass.gov/lists/emergency-aid-to-the-elderly-disabled-and-children-eaedc-grant-calculation
+    - title: DTA Online Guide Transmittal 2025-10, TAFDC & EAEDC Grant Increase (April 1, 2025 effective date; PNA for living arrangements C and E excluded from increase)
+      href: https://eohhs.ehs.state.ma.us/DTA/PolicyOnline/olg%20docs/olgtm/2025/10.pdf#page=1
 
 A:
   2022-01-01: 401
+  2025-04-01: 441.1
 B:
   2022-01-01: 121
+  2025-04-01: 133.1
 C:
   2022-01-01: 72.8
 D:
   2022-01-01: 401
+  2025-04-01: 441.1
 E:
   2022-01-01: 72.8
 F:
   2022-01-01: 258
+  2025-04-01: 284.7
 H:
   2022-01-01: 267.3
+  2025-04-01: 294.1
 NONE:
   2022-01-01: 0
diff --git a/...s/parameters/gov/states/ma/dta/tcap/tafdc/eligibility/income_limit/additional_person.yaml b/...s/parameters/gov/states/ma/dta/tcap/tafdc/eligibility/income_limit/additional_person.yaml
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@ values:
   2021-01-01: 116
   2021-07-01: 126
   2022-10-01: 139
+  2025-04-01: 153
 
-  # The amount remained unchanged in 2024 based on the
-  # mass.gov guidance: https://www.mass.gov/lists/transitional-aid-to-families-with-dependent-children-tafdc-table-of-need-and-payment-standards-704410-704420
-
 metadata:
   unit: currency-USD
   period: month
@@ -21,3 +19,5 @@ metadata:
       href: https://www.mass.gov/doc/tafdc-consolidated-report-march-2022/download
     - title: Mass Legal Services, 2024 TAFDC Advocacy Guide, 73. How much income can you have and still qualify for TAFDC?
       href: https://www.masslegalservices.org/content/73-how-much-income-can-you-have-and-still-qualify-tafdc
+    - title: DTA Online Guide Transmittal 2025-10, TAFDC & EAEDC Grant Increase (April 1, 2025 effective date)
+      href: https://eohhs.ehs.state.ma.us/DTA/PolicyOnline/olg%20docs/olgtm/2025/10.pdf#page=1
diff --git a/...arameters/gov/states/ma/dta/tcap/tafdc/eligibility/income_limit/base/private_housing.yaml b/...arameters/gov/states/ma/dta/tcap/tafdc/eligibility/income_limit/base/private_housing.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ metadata:
     href: https://www.mass.gov/doc/tafdc-consolidated-report-march-2022/download#page=4
   - title: Mass Legal Services, 2024 TAFDC Advocacy Guide, 73. How much income can you have and still qualify for TAFDC?
     href: https://www.masslegalservices.org/content/73-how-much-income-can-you-have-and-still-qualify-tafdc
+  - title: DTA Online Guide Transmittal 2025-10, TAFDC & EAEDC Grant Increase (April 1, 2025 effective date)
+    href: https://eohhs.ehs.state.ma.us/DTA/PolicyOnline/olg%20docs/olgtm/2025/10.pdf#page=1
 
 brackets:
   - threshold:
@@ -24,66 +26,76 @@ brackets:
       2021-01-01: 467
       2021-07-01: 506
       2022-10-01: 553
+      2025-04-01: 604
   - threshold:
       2000-01-01: 2
     amount:
       2000-01-01: 531
       2021-01-01: 580
       2021-07-01: 629
       2022-10-01: 688
+      2025-04-01: 753
   - threshold:
       2000-01-01: 3
     amount:
       2000-01-01: 633
       2021-01-01: 692
       2021-07-01: 753
       2022-10-01: 823
+      2025-04-01: 901
   - threshold:
       2000-01-01: 4
     amount:
       2000-01-01: 731
       2021-01-01: 800
       2021-07-01: 869
       2022-10-01: 952
+      2025-04-01: 1_043
   - threshold:
       2000-01-01: 5
     amount:
       2000-01-01: 832
       2021-01-01: 911
       2021-07-01: 990
       2022-10-01: 1_085
+      2025-04-01: 1_190
   - threshold:
       2000-01-01: 6
     amount:
       2000-01-01: 936
       2021-01-01: 1_026
       2021-07-01: 1_115
       2022-10-01: 1_223
+      2025-04-01: 1_341
   - threshold:
       2000-01-01: 7
     amount:
       2000-01-01: 1_037
       2021-01-01: 1_137
       2021-07-01: 1_236
       2022-10-01: 1_356
+      2025-04-01: 1_488
   - threshold:
       2000-01-01: 8
     amount:
       2000-01-01: 1_137
       2021-01-01: 1_247
       2021-07-01: 1_356
       2022-10-01: 1_488
+      2025-04-01: 1_633
   - threshold:
       2000-01-01: 9
     amount:
       2000-01-01: 1_237
       2021-01-01: 1_357
       2021-07-01: 1_476
       2022-10-01: 1_620
+      2025-04-01: 1_786
   - threshold:
       2000-01-01: 10
     amount:
       2000-01-01: 1_338
       2021-01-01: 1_468
       2021-07-01: 1_598
       2022-10-01: 1_754
+      2025-04-01: 1_939
diff --git a/...parameters/gov/states/ma/dta/tcap/tafdc/eligibility/income_limit/base/public_housing.yaml b/...parameters/gov/states/ma/dta/tcap/tafdc/eligibility/income_limit/base/public_housing.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ metadata:
     href: https://www.mass.gov/doc/tafdc-consolidated-report-march-2022/download#page=4
   - title: Mass Legal Services, 2024 TAFDC Advocacy Guide, 73. How much income can you have and still qualify for TAFDC?
     href: https://www.masslegalservices.org/content/73-how-much-income-can-you-have-and-still-qualify-tafdc
+  - title: DTA Online Guide Transmittal 2025-10, TAFDC & EAEDC Grant Increase (April 1, 2025 effective date)
+    href: https://eohhs.ehs.state.ma.us/DTA/PolicyOnline/olg%20docs/olgtm/2025/10.pdf#page=1
 
 brackets:
   - threshold:
@@ -24,66 +26,76 @@ brackets:
       2021-01-01: 427
       2021-07-01: 466
       2022-10-01: 513
+      2025-04-01: 564
   - threshold:
       2000-01-01: 2
     amount:
       2000-01-01: 491
       2021-01-01: 540
       2021-07-01: 589
       2022-10-01: 648
+      2025-04-01: 713
   - threshold:
       2000-01-01: 3
     amount:
       2000-01-01: 593
       2021-01-01: 652
       2021-07-01: 712
       2022-10-01: 783
+      2025-04-01: 861
   - threshold:
       2000-01-01: 4
     amount:
       2000-01-01: 691
       2021-01-01: 760
       2021-07-01: 829
       2022-10-01: 912
+      2025-04-01: 1_003
   - threshold:
       2000-01-01: 5
     amount:
       2000-01-01: 792
       2021-01-01: 871
       2021-07-01: 950
       2022-10-01: 1_045
+      2025-04-01: 1_150
   - threshold:
       2000-01-01: 6
     amount:
       2000-01-01: 896
       2021-01-01: 986
       2021-07-01: 1_075
       2022-10-01: 1_183
+      2025-04-01: 1_301
   - threshold:
       2000-01-01: 7
     amount:
       2000-01-01: 997
       2021-01-01: 1_097
       2021-07-01: 1_196
       2022-10-01: 1_316
+      2025-04-01: 1_448
   - threshold:
       2000-01-01: 8
     amount:
       2000-01-01: 1_097
       2021-01-01: 1_207
       2021-07-01: 1_316
       2022-10-01: 1_448
+      2025-04-01: 1_593
   - threshold:
       2000-01-01: 9
     amount:
       2000-01-01: 1_197
       2021-01-01: 1_317
       2021-07-01: 1_436
       2022-10-01: 1_580
+      2025-04-01: 1_746
   - threshold:
       2000-01-01: 10
     amount:
       2000-01-01: 1_298
       2021-01-01: 1_428
       2021-07-01: 1_558
       2022-10-01: 1_714
+      2025-04-01: 1_899
diff --git a/...sts/policy/baseline/gov/states/ma/dta/tcap/eaedc/income/ma_eaedc_standard_assistance.yaml b/...sts/policy/baseline/gov/states/ma/dta/tcap/eaedc/income/ma_eaedc_standard_assistance.yaml
@@ -64,8 +64,19 @@
 - name: Case 8, living arrangement A size of 2.
   period: 2025
   input:
-    ma_eaedc_living_arrangement: A 
-    spm_unit_size: 2 
+    ma_eaedc_living_arrangement: A
+    spm_unit_size: 2
+    state_code: MA
+  output:
+    # Jan-Mar 2025 (pre-FY25): (401 + 121) * 3 = 1566
+    # Apr-Dec 2025 (post-FY25): (441.1 + 133.1) * 9 = 5167.8
+    ma_eaedc_standard_assistance: 6_733.80
+
+- name: Case 9, living arrangement A size of 2, post-FY25.
+  period: 2026-01
+  input:
+    ma_eaedc_living_arrangement: A
+    spm_unit_size: 2
     state_code: MA
   output:
-    ma_eaedc_standard_assistance: 6_264 # 522*12
+    ma_eaedc_standard_assistance: 574.2 # 441.1 + 133.1
diff --git a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/ma/dta/tcap/eaedc/ma_eaedc.yaml b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/ma/dta/tcap/eaedc/ma_eaedc.yaml
@@ -163,17 +163,19 @@
     ma_tafdc_countable_earned_income: [1_800, 0]
     ma_tafdc_applicable_income_grant_amount: 1_800
     ma_tafdc_eligible: true
-    ma_tafdc_payment_standard: 8_256 #688*12
+    ma_tafdc_payment_standard: 8_841 # 688*3 + 753*9 (FY25 raise effective 2025-04-01)
     ma_tafdc_eligible_dependent: [False, True]
     ma_tafdc_dependent_care_deduction: 0
-    ma_tafdc: 6_956 # 6959/12 = 580
+    ma_tafdc: 7_541 # 579.67*3 + 644.67*9
     ma_eaedc_eligible: false
     ma_eaedc_immigration_status_eligible: true
-    ma_eaedc_financial_eligible: false
+    # financial_eligible / income_eligible flip true after FY25 raise (standard_assistance > net_income)
+    ma_eaedc_financial_eligible: true
     ma_eaedc_non_financial_eligible: false
-    ma_eaedc_income_eligible: false # this is false because only the first 4 months eligible. 
+    ma_eaedc_income_eligible: true
     ma_eaedc_assets_limit_eligible: true
-    ma_eaedc_standard_assistance: 6_264 # 522*12
+    # Jan-Mar 2025 (pre-FY25): 522*3 = 1566; Apr-Dec 2025 (post-FY25): 574.2*9 = 5167.8
+    ma_eaedc_standard_assistance: 6_733.80
     ma_eaedc_net_income: 6_087.6
     ma_eaedc: 0
 

diff --git a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/ma/dta/tcap/tafdc/ma_tafdc.yaml b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/ma/dta/tcap/tafdc/ma_tafdc.yaml
@@ -60,17 +60,19 @@
     ma_tafdc_countable_earned_income: [1_800, 0]
     ma_tafdc_applicable_income_grant_amount: 1_800
     ma_tafdc_exceeds_eaedc: true
-    ma_tafdc_payment_standard: 8_256 #688*12
+    ma_tafdc_payment_standard: 8_841 # 688*3 + 753*9 (FY25 raise effective 2025-04-01)
     ma_tafdc_eligible_dependent: [False, True]
     ma_tafdc_dependent_care_deduction: 0
-    ma_tafdc: 6_956 # 6959/12 = 580
+    ma_tafdc: 7_541 # 579.67*3 + 644.67*9
     ma_eaedc_eligible: false
     ma_eaedc_immigration_status_eligible: true
-    ma_eaedc_financial_eligible: false
+    # financial_eligible / income_eligible flip true after FY25 raise (standard_assistance > net_income)
+    ma_eaedc_financial_eligible: true
     ma_eaedc_non_financial_eligible: false
-    ma_eaedc_income_eligible: false
+    ma_eaedc_income_eligible: true
     ma_eaedc_assets_limit_eligible: true
-    ma_eaedc_standard_assistance: 6_264
+    # Jan-Mar 2025 (pre-FY25): 522*3 = 1566; Apr-Dec 2025 (post-FY25): 574.2*9 = 5167.8
+    ma_eaedc_standard_assistance: 6_733.80
     ma_eaedc_net_income: 6_087.6
     # ma_eaedc_living_arrangement: E
     ma_eaedc: 0
diff --git a/...gine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/ma/dta/tcap/tafdc/ma_tafdc_payment_standard.yaml b/...gine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/states/ma/dta/tcap/tafdc/ma_tafdc_payment_standard.yaml
@@ -25,3 +25,21 @@
     state_code: MA
   output:
     ma_tafdc_payment_standard: 1_316
+
+- name: Case 4, not in public housing, 2 people, FY25 increase in effect.
+  period: 2026-01
+  input:
+    spm_unit_size: 2
+    is_in_public_housing: false
+    state_code: MA
+  output:
+    ma_tafdc_payment_standard: 753
+
+- name: Case 5, in public housing, 2 people, FY25 increase in effect.
+  period: 2026-01
+  input:
+    spm_unit_size: 2
+    is_in_public_housing: true
+    state_code: MA
+  output:
+    ma_tafdc_payment_standard: 713
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		Backdate Massachusetts TAFDC and EAEDC standard assistance amounts to include FY25 (April 2025) 10% increase. The FY24 raise scheduled for April 2024 was rescinded by 9C cuts in January 2024; the actual increase came from the FY25 budget.