Connecticut Department of Social Services Uniform Policy Manual: 1560.05P Beginning Dates of Assistance - Determining the Beginning Date of Assistance

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICESPRIVATE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 9-21-96 Transmittal: UP-96-17 P-1560.05 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: The Eligibility Process PROCEDURES ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: AFDC Beginning Dates of Assistance AABD _______________________________________________________________ FS Subject: MA Determining the Beginning Date of Assistance ______________________________________________________________________________

P-1560.05 All Programs

1. Complete the eligibility process and establish that all eligibility requirements are met for the assistance unit.

2. Decide whether eligibility factors were met as of the date of the application or whether eligibility was not established until a later date.

3. Consider the date of application to be the date all eligibility factors are met, if verification submitted after the application date proves that all factors were clear on the application date.

4. Follow the rules in policy for setting the specific date based on steps 1, 2, and 3.

Medicaid

1. Determine eligibility for each of the 3 months prior to application separately.

2. Consider eligibility factors only for a retroactive month in which there were medical services which are payable under Medicaid.

3. In spend-down cases, see 5520 Income Eligibility Procedures to determine the earliest date of eligibility.

Food Stamps

1. Determine if the assistance unit is a migrant/seasonal farmworker assistance unit that participated in the Food Stamp program within 30 days prior to application.

2. If yes, go to steps 3 and 4. If no, go to steps 5 and 6.

3. If the application is processed within 30 days, use the first day of the month of application as the beginning date of assistance.

4. If the application is processed beyond 30 days:

° If due to agency delay, use the first day of the month of application as the beginning date of assistance.

° If due to assistance unit delay, use the first day of the month in which eligibility is established.

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 6-2-91 Transmittal: UP-96-17 P-1560.05 page 2 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: The Eligibility Process PROCEDURES ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: AFDC Beginning Dates of Assistance AABD _______________________________________________________________ FS Subject: MA Determining the Beginning Date of Assistance ______________________________________________________________________________

P-1560.05 Food Stamps

5. If the application is processed within 30 days, use the date of application as the beginning date of assistance.

6. If the application is processed beyond 30 days:

° If due to agency delay, use the date of application as the beginning date of assistance.

° If due to assistance unit delay, use the first day of the month in which eligibility is established.