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(c) Payment process.

(1)(A) Families participating in the Arkansas Work Pays Program will receive a monthly cash assistance payment in the amount of two hundred four dollars ($204), regardless of family size, for up to twenty-four (24) months, provided they meet the Arkansas Work Pays Program eligibility requirements.

(B) Arkansas Work Pays Program payments are made:

(ii) In the month following the month in which the participant participates.

(C) Payment will be made via the participant’s electronic benefits transfer (EBT) card.

(2) For Temporary Assistance for Needy Families federal purposes, an Arkansas Work Pays Program case is considered cash assistance.

Example: Ms. Harris applies for the Arkansas Work Pays Program

in July. In August, she provides verification of hours worked in July.

The Program Eligibility Specialist determined that the participant

met the work requirement and authorizes payment for July (to be

paid in August) by placing a check in the payment box on the

Arkansas Work Pays Program payment screen in the automated

system.

(3)(A) By the fifth workday of each month, the Arkansas Work Pays Program participant should provide documentation to the Program Eligibility Specialist regarding work activity hours for each week of the preceding month.

(B) If the participant provides documentation by the fifth workday of the month the Program Eligibility Specialist will:

(i) Key the work hours into the automated system; and

(ii) Select the full payment indicator.