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CW 82-500 CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM What is the Child Support Enforcement Program? CW 82-502.1 – Child Support Enforcement Program The Child Support Enforcement Program has been established to identify and locate absent parents, establish paternity, and establish and enforce the child and spousal support obligation. The Department of Public Social Services (DPSS) and the Child Support Services Department (CSSD) work together in this effort to obtain child support for families receiving CalWORKs and/or Medi-Cal. Duties of Eligibility Worker (EW) include: • Informing the applicant/participant of the cooperation requirements and the benefits of cooperation in the Child Support Enforcement Program; • Informing the applicant/participant of the right to claim a “good cause” exemption from the cooperation requirements; • Completing determinations for “good cause” exemptions; • Entering child support good cause information on Caretaker tab of the LEADER Absent/Unmarried Parent Information screen; • Collecting absent parent information from the applicant/participant and entering it on the LEADER Absent/Unmarried Parent Information screen tabs; • Ensuring applicants/participants complete the CW 2.1Q, Support Questionnaire and CW 2.1, Notice And Agreement For Child, Spousal and Medical Support; • Imposing and removing the 25% child support grant penalty; and • Imposing and removing child support sanctions (removal of applicant/participant from Assistance Unit [AU]).
Duties of CSSD Child Support Officer (CSO) include: • Opening a child support case for the applicant/participant; • Collecting money owed on existing court orders; • Obtaining health insurance for the child(ren); • Determining when an applicant is cooperating; • Notifying EW when the applicant/participant has not cooperated; and • Suspending child support enforcement activities when notified that the participant has good cause for not cooperating. What is CCSAS? The California Child Support Automation System (CCSAS) is a federally mandated system utilized by the Child Support Services Department (CSSD) and all other child support departments in California to manage child support cases. CCSAS and LEADER electronically exchange case information resulting in enhanced communication between departments and increased case accuracy. CW 82-506.1 – Assigning Support Rights Is an applicant required to assign child support rights? Yes, as a condition of eligibility, the applicant must trade the right to child support in exchange for CalWORKs. This means that the parent or needy caretaker is giving the County the right to keep child/spousal support payments that are collected by the Child Support Services Department (CSSD). The money collected is used to pay back the CalWORKs aid received by the AU.
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USER INFORMATION You can look up Ca
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CW 42-100 Age CW 42-101 - Age Requi
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CW 44-200 AU Composition and Need C
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CW 81-200 Diversion Services CW 81-
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CW 40-100 RECEPTION AND APPLICATION
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need to complete the form. The pote
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The PA 4033, National Voter Registr
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NOTE: When difficulties develop in
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• Each applicant or aided adult;
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to be temporarily exempt from finge
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• Within 30 days of determining e
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• Illness of a parent/caretaker r
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PART B, is used by the school to ve
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• The PA 1725, School Attendance/
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Update the Prior Current Aid screen
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For time on aid requests from other
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“High Risk” EW. The participant
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second home call is scheduled by ap
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CW 40-107.8 - WIC Referrals When is
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• If no, continue with current in
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If the participant requests TMTT an
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Will the 50 percent unemployment ra
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CW 40-119.3 - Adding a Person to th
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• If an AU requests restoration o
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appointment. The next day, the Elig
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• The documentation is missing fr
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Can an IN payment be issued if the
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What is “apparent” eligibility?
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An applicant family is eligible for
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If any one of the above is not avai
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• Full cooperation from the appli
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If the PA 2322 is returned as undel
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• A mail back due date for the re
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In addition, for telephone redeterm
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• Review LEADER claims. Identify
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• Complete the Master Case Review
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How is an applicant/participant not
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For example: CalWORKs case is termi
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• Verification of the AU’s MAP
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What action is taken when the distr
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payment require an appropriate NOA
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NOTE: As interim, a PA 853 (out of
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How is the four-week period calcula
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When the unemployed PE becomes empl
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CW 41-440.2 Unemployment [Deprivati
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CW 41-450 - Absence What is the def
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What evidence documents continued a
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services at school in accordance wi
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See CW 40-105.5 School Attendance R
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When the teen requests his/her own
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documents in the teen’s case. 2.
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participant must present evidence f
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erroneous. If the original PA 230 i
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the ES. o Files the first copy of t
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CW 42-111.1 - Evidence/ Documents W
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See CW 42-433 Child Born Outside of
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etc.). Real property is not cash, b
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Some payments are considered proper
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more information. If the applicant/
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If the property (other than a home/
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the applicant/participant decides n
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inaccessible to the AU if all of th
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What household items are excluded f
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application, the personal property:
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the property/resource limit. Also,
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have ownership interest in or a lie
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Property held by the AU +1,400 $2,8
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• Step-parent(s); and • Caretak
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• A victim of domestic abuse. •
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*The MAP amount is subject to chang
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• Grant amounts of $10 or less.
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CW 42-400 RESIDENCE CW 42-400 - Res
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Can aid be continued if the partici
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CW 42-417 - Recipients from Other S
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How is a Noncitizen’s eligibility
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• LEADER will fail the individual
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I-181-A I-181-B No Yes - PRS grante
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What is an alien registration numbe
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In addition to comparing the SAVE d
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Document Valid-appearing I-551, I-1
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• In the case of an adopted child
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Can a foreign passport be used to v
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What is the I-94? The I-94 is issue
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The I-551 and I-151 contain “clas
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How are non-citizens referred to th
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Who is eligible to VAWA? Applicant/
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Same I-797C I-797/ I-797C Same Indi
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I-551 Z13 may indicate battery, nee
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What are the family relationship re
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• On the right side of the screen
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Can confidential information about
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Who are Amerasians? Amerasians are
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Specialized Supportive Services Wor
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What are the “New Exemption/Good
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What action is taken when the GAIN
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EXAMPLE An exemption for caring for
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Is a GAIN sanction a mandatory coun
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Updating the sanction “end date
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Can the County and the Tribal TANF
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CW 42-762 - Introduction to the Cal
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Teens ages 18 & 19 For 18 and 19 ye
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Failure of the parent or stepparent
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See CW 89-200 Minor Parent for more
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needy/indigent when the sponsored n
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See CW 42.433 Eligible Alien Status
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CW 44-101 - Definition CW 44-100 IN
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CW 44-101 (m) - Income Reporting Th
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How is the income received from the
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A child/spousal payment is received
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If an applicant/participant receive
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NOTE: In 1994, Congress transferred
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See Income - Earned for LEADER proc
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occupant’s rent payment to the la
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$400 DBI -225 DBI disregard $175 Re
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See CW 43-100 Responsible Relatives
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The house payment (including the ta
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CW 44-115.3 - In-Kind Values What a
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CW 44-133.3 - Income From Other Pro
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A step-parent who is the spouse of
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Monthly Income Computation $700 Jul
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o The net non-exempt income of time
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If adding the father does not resul
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The value of in-kind income for the
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CW 44-207.3 - Lump Sum How is lump
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Laundry Telephone The participant n
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The PA 371 (out of drawer), Non-Rec
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House Repairs Interim Shelter Movin
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See Homeless - CalWORKs for LEADER
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1815, Important Notice Regarding a
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Is a family required to have a noti
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out in the amount of $350. The rema
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If apparent CalWORKs eligibility ca
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How many days of temporary shelter
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Name and phone number of landlord,
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again. The parent requests HA for t
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Uninhabitability of the residence -
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If the AU receives HA but the famil
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In addition to the security deposit
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Family locates permanent housing fo
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Does a family need to have an evict
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Is the Rent Arrearages Payment a On
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NOTE: For drug felons only: in a tw
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What should the EW do when the tota
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Who is eligible to receive funds un
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EXAMPLE An AU applies for MA under
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3. PA 956, Housing/Utility Verifica
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and MA program applications, includ
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Who is not eligible to receive fund
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EXAMPLES Example 1 After receiving
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How are the THAP+14 benefits issued
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SSI/SSP parent(s), or non-needy pay
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Permanent HA is issued for the move
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Do the 4-Month RA payments count as
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Can a pregnant applicant with no el
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When the participant does not repor
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PA 1675 (out of drawer), Direct Dep
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Instruct the participant to complet
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ETA is a special kind of bank accou
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A PA 853 (out of drawer), Affidavit
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If the Direct Rent payment only pay
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The Eligibility Worker must offer D
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Good cause is entered in the Direct
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What are the duties of the Direct R
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PA 6029, Direct Rent - Landlord Ver
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When the appointment is scheduled,
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Is the DR EW required to verify lan
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o PA 6029 Information reported in S
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Adds the landlord as a vendor to LE
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Are protective payee payments requi
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ESD will notify Central Print to pu
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The EW must inform the sanctioned i
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4. Determine if the AU meets any ex
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The following examples will illustr
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Is the MFG rule applied when a fami
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CW 2102 (LDR generated), The Maximu
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If a pregnancy occurs due to the fa
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When is the waiver of the MFG rule
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What form is used to inform the par
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If the inconsistency is not related
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What is the processing timeframe fo
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When a Tribal TANF program requests
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Which Region receives the higher MB
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How is the monthly grant amount cal
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The father is added to the existing
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At the request of the individual AU
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What are the county-initiated mid-q
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What is the beginning date of aid (
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What is the beginning date of aid (
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See Individual-Remove From Assistan
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CW 44-317.6 - Foster Care/Kin-GAP W
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Unreported Mandatory Included Perso
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CW 44-340.1 - Underpayment- Definit
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When an underpayment is discovered,
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CW 44-350.2 - Overpayment Types Wha
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On what is the “good faith” det
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will probably be mailed to the dist
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efugees. Children do not need to be
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EXAMPLE The eligible child lives wi
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Example 3 In a non-leap year an ind
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eing involved in major and minor de
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Can a parent who is in a rehabilita
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Is a parent, who is an excluded Ass
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How is the EW notified when there i
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• Update Case Comments and the FR
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CW 82-820.2 - Assistance Unit (AU)
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EXAMPLE AU consists of mom and her
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• A person who is fleeing to avoi
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CW 89-100 EXEMPT/NON-EXEMPT MAP AND
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CW 89-130(4) - No Expense Incurred
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occur or was less than expected. o
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CW 89-130(n) - Shortening the Perio
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EXAMPLE The QR Payment Quarter is O
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When a minor parent exemption occur
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NOTE: If verification provided appe
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3. Check the “Risk Assessment for
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payee. Both the adult and the minor
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Example 2 A minor parent is receivi
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