2000 Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)

2100     Application Process

2110     Initial Requests for Assistance

2111     Reapplications for Assistance

2112     Distinction Between Application and Inquiry

2120     Initial Contact With Applicant in Person

2130     Steps in Application Process

2130.1  Application Interview

2130.2  Nondiscrimination

2130.3  Securing Information to Determine Eligibility

2130.4  Completion of Application Forms

2130.5  Registering an Application

2130.6  Denial of Application at Intake

2130.7  AFDC Applications Accepted for Immediate Action

2130.8  Recording of Applications on Control Sheet

2130.9  Mandatory Home Visit and Field Exploration to Dispense with Application

2130.10 Securing Information From Collateral Source

2140     Forty-Five (45) Day Time Limit On Disposition of Application

2150     Delayed Action on Application

2150.1  County Office

2150.2  Applicant

2200 Eligibility Determination

2201     Eligibility Requirements

2210     Age Requirement for Children

2211     Methods of Proving Age

2220     Citizenship or Alienage Requirement

2220.1  Declaration of Citizenship

2221     Other Permanent Residence Under Color of Law

2222     Refugees - Section 203(a)(7) Immigration and Nationality Act

2223     Parolees - Section 212(d)(50) Immigrant and Nationality Act

2224     Aliens Sponsored by Agencies or Organizations

2225     Aliens Granted Lawful Resident Status Under IRCA ("Amnesty" and SAW Aliens)

2230     Residence Requirement

2240 Deprivation of Parental Care and Support

2240.1  Parent Defined

2241     Deprivation Due to the Unemployment of a Parent (AFDC-UP)

2241.1  Principal Wage Earner (PWE)

2241.2  Definition of Unemployment

2241.3  Quarters of Work Requirement

2241.4  Receipt of Unemployment Compensation Benefits

2241.5  Refusal of a Bona Fide Offer of Employment

2241.6. Refusal To Apply For or Accept UI Benefits

2242     Deprivation Due to Death of a Parent

2243     Deprivation Due to Physical or Mental Incapacity

2243.1  Prolonged Hospitalization of Either or Both Parents

2243.2  Rehabilitation Services

2243.3  Procedures for Verification of Physical or Mental Incapacity

2243.4  MRT Decision

2243.5  Procedure When Treatment or Training is Indicated

2243.6  Re-Application for AFDC Due to Mental or Physical Incapacity

2244     Deprivation Due to Continued Absence of the Parent From the Home

2244.1  Physical Absence From the Home

2244.2  Frequency of Contact

2244.3  Support and Maintenance

2244.4  Physical Care

2244.5  Guidance

2244.6  Continued Absence Decision

2244.7  Documentation of Continued Absence Decision

2245 Child Support Enforcement

2246     Assignment of Child Support Rights

2246.1  Failure to Turn in Assigned Child Support Payments

2246.2  Child Support Overpayment Recovery Process

2247     Cooperation in Establishing Paternity and Obtaining Support

2247.1  Providing Information for Form DCO-115, Absent Parent Information

2247.2  Refusal to Cooperate -- Sanction

2247.3  Failure to Cooperate with the Office of Child Support Enforcement - Procedural Guidelines

2247.4  Failure to Cooperate by Retaining Assigned Child Support Payments - Procedural Guidelines

2247.5  Failure to Comply in the Repayment of a Child Support Overpayment - Procedural Guidelines

2247.6  Establishing Legal Paternity

2248     Good Cause for Refusal to Cooperate

2248.1  Circumstances Under Which Good Cause May Exist

2248.2  Substantiation of Good Cause Claim

     2248.2.1  Types of Corroborative Evidence

     2248.2.2  Investigation

     2248.2.3  Special Consideration Related To Emotional Harm

2248.3  Granting or Continuation of Assistance

2248.4  Notification to the Office of Child Support Enforcement-Good Cause

     2248.4.1  Participation by the OCSE in Good Cause Determination

2248.5  County Office Responsibilities and Procedures - Good Cause

     2248.5.1  Periodic Review of Good Cause Determination

2248.6  Maintenance of Good Cause Records

2249     Notifications that AFDC has been Granted

2249.1  Reporting Cases to the Office of Child Support Enforcement

2249.2  Notification to the Absent Parent

2250 Living With Specified Relative

2251     Degrees of Relationship

2252     Living With a Relative in His/Her Home

2252.1  Institutional Residence

2252.2  Temporary Absence from the Home

2253     Payee Requirements

2253.1  Emancipation

2260 Non-Participation in a Strike Requirement

2270 Project SUCCESS

2270.1  Program Design

2271     Project SUCCESS Requirements for AFDC-UP Parents

2272     Responsibilities of the Income Maintenance and Project SUCCESS Units

2272.1  Responsibility of the Income Maintenance Unit

2272.2  Responsibility of the Project SUCCESS Unit

2272.3  Joint Responsibilities

2272.4  Responsibilities of a Dual Family Support Specialist

2273     Criteria for Determining Project SUCCESS Status and Referral

2273.1  Persons Who May Be Exempt From the Project SUCCESS Participation Requirements

2273.2  Maximum Time for Clearance of Medical Exemptions

2273.3  Acceptable Medical Documentation Substantiating Incapacity as the Reason for Exemption from the Project SUCCESS Program

2273.4  Documentation of Participation Status Determination

2273.5  Disputed Exemption Determinations

2273.6  Redetermination of Exempt Status

2273.7  Determining Target Group Status

2273.8  Referral to Project SUCCESS for Participation

2274     Refusal to Participate

2274.1  Good Cause For Refusal to Participate

2274.2  Administrative Hearing - Refusal to Participate

2274.3  Sanction - Refusal to Participate

2274.4  Sanction - Time Periods

2274.5  Referral for Participation After Refusal to Participate

2275     Reporting Changes in a Participant's Circumstances

2276     Project SUCCESS Welfare Savings

2277     New Hope (Project SUCCESS)

2277.1  Criteria For Determining New Hope Participation Status

2277.2  Persons Who May Be Exempt from New Hope Participation

2277.3  Refusal To Participate - Sanction

2277.4  Reporting Changes in New Hope Participant's Circumstances

2280 Social Security Enumeration Requirement

2280.1  SSA Verification of Social Security Numbers - Resolving Mismatches

2300 Need

2301     General Principles Regarding Determination of Need

2302     Establishing Need

2303     Persons Whose Income and Resources Must Be Determined

2310     Definition of a Resource

2311     Resource Limit

2312     Resources to be Disregarded

2312.1  The Homestead

2313     Resources Considered With Special Exemptions or Exclusions

2313.1  Motor Vehicles

2313.2  Funeral Agreements

2313.3  Resources of an Alien's Sponsor

2314     Resources Considered in Full

2314.1  Requesting A Legal Opinion on Resource Ownership or Availability

2315     Sale of a Resource

2320     Excess Real Property

2320.1  Determining Ownership

2320.2  Forms of Ownership

2320.3  Determining Value of Ownership Interest

2321     Determining Market Value and Net Equity

2322     Good Faith Effort to Dispose of Excess Real Property

2322.1  Three Month Extension of Period

2322.2  Repayment Upon Disposal of Property

2322.3  Continuing Eligibility Following Property Disposal

2322.4  Non-Disposal of Property Within the Disregard Period

2322.5  Client Cancels Agreement or Refuses a Bona Fide Offer

2330     Personal Property

2330.1  Cash and Money on Deposit

2330.2  Life Insurance Policies

2330.3  Tax Refunds

2330.4  U.S. Savings Bonds

2330.5  Stocks and Bonds

2330.6  Other Types of Personal Property

2340     Transfer of Property

2341     Determining the Date of Transfer

2342     Determining the Reason for the Transfer

2343     Period of Ineligibility Due to Transfer of Property

2344     Referral for Legal Services

2350 Income

2351     Income to be Disregarded

2351.1  Income Disregards of a Dependent Child

2360 Earned Income

2361       Verification of Earned Income

2362       Computation of Monthly Gross Earned Income

2362.1    Computation of Earnings Received as an Employee

2362.2    Computation of Earnings From Self-Employment

2363       185% Income Limit

2364       AFDC Pretest

2364.1    AFDC Pretest Computation

2365       Computing Net Monthly Income

2365.1    Standard Earned Income Deduction

2365.2    Earned Income Exclusions

2365.3    $30 and 1/3 Exclusions - 4 Month Limit

2365.4    $30 Exclusion - Additional 8 Month Limit

2365.5    Child Care Expenses/AFDC Deduction

2365.6    Sanction Situations - Standard Deduction, Exclusions, & Child Care Deduction Not Allowed

2366        Termination or Reduction of Employment or Refusal to Accept Bona Fide Offer of Employment

2366.1    Determination of Good Cause

2367       Failure to Report Employment or Increased Earnings in a Timely Manner

2370 Sources of Unearned Income

2371     Determination and Verification of Unearned Income

2372     Social Security Benefits

2373     Railroad Retirement Benefits

2374     Military Allowances or Allotments

2375     Veterans' Benefits

2376     Child Support

2377     Deemed Income From Persons Not Included In The AFDC Unit

2377.1  Stepparent Income

2377.2  Income of a Minor Parent's Parent

2377.3  Income of the Spouse of a Relative Other than a Parent

2377.4  Income of an Alien's Sponsor

2378     Contributions

2378.1  Money Given to Unit By An Individual or Group

2378.2  Individual Gives Unit Direct Access to His/Her Income

2378.3  AFDC Adult Receives Income on Behalf of a Non-AFDC, Non-SSI Individual

2378.4  AFDC Payee Only and/or Spouse Give Cash Directly to AFDC Child

2378.5  Contributions From SSI Recipients

2379      Lump Sum Payments

2379.1   Determining Eligibility and Grant Amount When Lump Sum is Received

2379.2   Determining the Period of Ineligibility Due to Lump Sum

2379.3   Recalculating the Period of Ineligibility

2379.4   Procedure for Recalculating the Period of Ineligibility - Situations 1-3

2379.5    Procedure for Recalculating the Period of Ineligibility Due to a New  Household Member (Situation #4) and Situation #5

2380 Standard of Need

2381     Persons Who Must be Included in the Standard of Need – Standard Filing Unit

2382     Persons Ineligible to be Included in the Standard of Need

2382.1  Ineligibility of a Child Living With a Parent Who is a IV-E Foster Child

2383     Persons Who May be Included in the Standard of Need

2383.1  Non-Parent Specified Relatives

2383.2  Specified Relatives of SSI Children and Foster Children

2384     Consolidated Assistance Units

2385     Determining the Grant Amount

2385.1  Determining the Grant Amount - Special Needs

2385.2  Determining the Grant Amount - AWDP Medical Only Child

2386     Grants Less than $10

2400 Payment/Medicaid Eligibility

2410     Effective Date of Payment/Medicaid Eligibility

2411     Retroactive Payment for Certified Applications with Income (Including Child Support)

2420     Fixed Medicaid Eligibility When No Payment is Authorized due to Current Ineligibility

2421     Fixed Payment/Medicaid Eligibility for Erroneously Denied Applicants

2430     Processing of AFDC Payment Actions

2440     Payment Limitation for AFDC-UP Recipients

2441     Converting from AFDC-UP Grant (cat. 70 or 71) to UP Medicaid-Only (cat. 72)

2441.1  Project SUCCESS Requirements For Category 72 Families

2441.2  Administrative Hearing Request

2441.3  Continuing Payment For Regular (cat. 20) AFDC Recipients

2441.4  Continued Eligibility for Both Category 72 and Category 20 Families

2442     Re-Application for Payment At End of UP Medicaid-Only Period

2442.1  Cases In Which All Family Members are Category 72 (AFDC-UP
              Medicaid-Only)

2442.2  UP Medicaid (Category 72) Cases Which Have a Corresponding
              Category 20 (AFDC Regular) Case

2442.3  Authorizing Payment for Eligible Category 70 Cases Following
              UP-Medicaid Only Period

2500 Disposition of Application

2510     Approval

2520     Denial

2530     Withdrawal

2540     Transfer to Another County

2541     Responsibility of Transferring County

2542     Responsibility of Receiving County

2600 Continuing Eligibility

2601     Responsibilities of the County Office

2602     Responsibilities of the Recipient

2610     The Reevaluation

2611     The Reevaluation Plan

2612     The Reevaluation Interview

2613     Completion of the Reevaluation

2614     Earned Income Redetermination

2614.1  Processing the Earned Income Redetermination

2615     Reporting Reminder Notices

2620     "Timely" (Advance) and "Adequate" Notice for Reduction, Hold or
              Termination of Assistance

2622     When a "Timely" (Advance) Notice Is Not Required

2623     Computer Matching Act of 1988 Notice Requirements

2630     Change of Status

2631     Change of Address

2631.1  Change of Address to Another County

2631.2  Absence from the State

2632     Changes in Income

2632.1  Earned Income of Project SUCCESS Participants

2632.2  Child Support Established and/or Received by IV-D

2633     Adding Individuals to the AFDC Grant

2634     Dropping Individuals from the AFDC Grant

2635     Marriage of the AFDC Parent

2636     Return of the Absent Parent

2640 Protective Payment

2641 Protective Payment - Mismanagement

2642 Protective Payment - Sanction

2650 Determination of Need for Alternate Payee

2660 Cancel and Reissue of Warrant

2670 Correction of Underpayments

2680 Targeted Jobs Tax Credit (TJTC)

2690 Closure