1506 Untimely Reporting of Changes
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Child Care – ARW, Chapt. 1, Purchase of Service |
A. Follow this procedure when a change in circumstances is not reported or verified during the required ten-day period:
1. Redetermine eligibility;
2. Initiate the appropriate action to process a change in the authorization, if necessary, from:
a. The date the change was reported and verified when the assistance unit requires increased hours or has a reduction in the parental obligation; or
b. The date of the change when the assistance unit requires decreased hours or has an increase in the parental obligation.
3. Terminate existing authorizations and close the case on JAS effective the date of the change if the assistance unit is no longer eligible.
4. Reinstate payment from the date of the adverse action when good cause exists;
5. Establish an overpayment when payment was made for a benefit month in which the assistance unit was paid incorrectly or was ineligible unless good cause exists.
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SNAP – 7 CFR 273.12; ARW, Chapt. 1, Section 7 |
B. Follow this procedure when the requested information/verification is reported after the ten-day notice period and prior to the end of the current month:
1. Accept the information/verification when received; and
2. Determine eligibility prospectively; and
3. Process any change, payment or termination as specified in Section 1504; and
4. Mail a notice of adverse action (see Tables) when the change results in an adverse action.
C. Follow this procedure when the requested verification/information is not furnished within the ten-day notice period and after the first of the benefit month:
1. Consider the assistance unit ineligible and terminate the case for the benefit month when verification/information of a change in circumstances is not furnished by the end of the ten-day notice period;
2. Require completion of an application (DFS 100), when an assistance unit is ineligible as of the first of the benefit month;
3. Reinstate payment as follows:
a. For the full benefit month when information/verification is furnished before the first day of the benefit month or within the ten-day reporting period; or
b. For the prorated portion of the month beginning with the date the change is complete when the client does not provide the information/verification until the benefit month and after the ten-day notice period, unless good cause exists.
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POWER – ARW, Chapt. 1, Section 10 |
C. Follow this procedure when a change becomes known and has not been reported and no verification(s) provided:
1. Acknowledge a change in circumstances is to be reported and verified immediately upon the change becoming known to the client.
2. Mail a notice of noncompliance (A-710) upon discovery of the unreported change.
a. Notify the caretaker relative of what is needed and that the case will be in nonpayment status for noncompliance for the corresponding performance period.
b. Process a nonpayment for the corresponding performance period when noncompliance exists.
3. Establish an overpayment when payment was made for a benefit month in which the assistance unit was paid incorrectly or was ineligible.