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£3:1251 (Cont) _______ FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS Da Handbook 63-1251 FORM MODIFICATION POLICY — APPENDICES (Continued) 63-1251 Required Form ~— Substitutes Permitted - Forms assigned this designation must be implemented by all counties unless a modification request, based on acceptable justification

for a form with this designation, is approved by the FSPMB.

Variation Standards - Where acceptabie justification is provided and where modification is permitted, variation standards are the guidelines used to review specific modifications to

ensure that program goals are met.

Variations - Any deviations from the placement, janguage or data elements on the are considered variations. Allowable variations, when overall form modification are identified for each designated form.

-3 Appendix 3 — Form-Specific Modification Criteria

state form is justified,

For each designated form, the Specific modification criteria define the portions of a given form which may not be modified regardless of the justification. These criteria are based upon

The criteria are also based upon the preparation or interface of the form; i.e, computer or

manual. For those forms or form functions that may be computerized, the criteria i

is identified

as EDP only, Manual only, or EDP and Manual. These criteria address only changes to the

placement, and changes or deletion of the language and data elements on the state f

orm.

The addition of data elements is permitted when acceptable justification for modifying a state form is provided, and those additions are evaluated against the variation standards outlined

for the designation of the state form,