40-161 HOME VISIT

.1 A home visit prior to approval of aid and prior to completion of periodic redetermination of eligibility pursuant to 40-181.1 is required when living arrangements or other factors affecting eligibility, or apparent eligibility in cases of immediate need or diversion, cannot be satisfactorily determined without such a visit. However, the recipient's failure to comply with the provisions of Section 40-181.22 will result in the termination of the recipient's grant without the requirement of a home visit.

.2 A home visit may also be used as reasonable accommodation to complete the face-to-face interview requirement for applicants (as described in Section 40-131.11) when an applicant is unable to attend a face-to-face interview in the county office due to a physical or mental impairment. Counties may also provide home visits to complete the face-to-face interview requirement when applicants have other extreme circumstances that may prevent them from coming in to the county office, including but not limited to, the inability to access adequate transportation where the county office is located a considerable distance from the applicant's residence.

NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 10553 and 10554, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 11052.5 and 11266.5, Welfare and Institutions Code; Sections 11135 and 12926.1, Government Code.