CA Initial Month Special Rules

CA payments can only be issued during a month when the budgetary unit is prospectively eligible. CA initial month special rules include all of the following:

● When the CA budgetary unit is eligible in the month the determination is completed and eligible in the following month, the CA can be approved.

● When the CA budgetary unit is eligible in the month the determination is completed but not eligible in the following month, the CA is approved until the month the budgetary unit is no longer eligible.

● When the CA budgetary unit is not eligible in the month the determination is completed, but is eligible in the following month, the CA is prorated to the month of eligibility.

● When the CA budgetary unit is eligible on the date of application but becomes ineligible on or before the date the determination is made, the application is denied.

● When a non-mandatory participant in the budgetary unit becomes ineligible before the determination is completed and continues to be ineligible for the following month, the participant is removed from the budgetary unit.

● When a non-mandatory participant is eligible in the month the determination is completed but becomes ineligible for the following month, the participant is approved for the determination month, then removed from the budgetary unit.