1507 Good Cause for Untimely Reporting
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Child Care - ARW, Chapt. 1, Purchase of Service SNAP - No requirement POWER - ARW, Chapt. 1, Section 10 |
Determine if good cause exists by requiring the assistance unit to provide verification of the reason for untimely reporting of a change in circumstances.
A. Consider a report of a change untimely when not reported immediately upon knowing of the change and within the appropriate POWER performance period when possible unless the assistance unit can provide proof of good cause;
B. Consider only the following to be good cause circumstances with no exceptions:
1. The assistance unit was out of town due to illness or death of an immediate family member;
2. A member of the assistance unit was in the hospital during the timely reporting period;
3. The postmark on the envelope proves the information/verification or change report was late due to postal problems;
4. Circumstances of weather or disaster prevented the delivery or return of the information/verification or change report form.
5. Other circumstances beyond the control of the assistance unit and for which no alternative was available.
6. For POWER, the job seeker did not do a mandated report of a change to the CM which affected compliance with the IRP, but did report the change to the Benefit Specialist within the required performance period.
C. Process the change for Child Care as if it had been reported timely when good cause exists and is verified. (See Section 1504)
D. DOCUMENT the reason in the case record for approval/denial of good cause.
E. Realize good cause will not be allowed when the information, change report and/or verification(s) was not reported until after the first of the benefit month that would have been affected.