Connecticut Department of Social Services Uniform Policy Manual: 1560.10P Beginning Dates of Assistance - Adding a Member to the Assistance Unit

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF INCOME MAINTENANCEPRIVATE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 11-1-93 Transmittal: UP-93-38 P-1560.10 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: The Eligibility Process PROCEDURES ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: AFDC Beginning Dates of Assistance AABD _______________________________________________________________ MA Subject: FS Adding a Member to the Assistance Unit ______________________________________________________________________________

P-1560.10 AFDC, FMA

1. Determine if the new member is a mandatory member of the assistance unit (see 2005.10).

2. Find out when the new member arrived in the household.

3. Decide whether or not the arrival was reported within 10 days. If not, decide if there was good cause (see 1555.10).

4. Accept a completed W416 as notification for both programs of the addition of a newborn to an active assistance unit in which the newborn is a mandatory member.

5. Refer parents of all newborns and other children under the age of twenty-one to Health Track. Discuss the importance of regular age appropriate well-child care, including immunizations and blood lead testing. Encourage these parents to take advantage of the following services which HealthTrack can provide:

° helping to schedule regular medical, dental, vision and hearing appointments

° helping to find a doctor, dentist or other medical provider convenient for them and their family

° arranging medical transportation, if necessary

° help with eliminating barriers (i.e. child care) which prevents families from receiving medical care

° providing health education information, including the benefits of preventive health care, the importance of age appropriate immunizations and the periodicity schedule for well-child care.

° explaining the benefits and availability of the WIC program and other community services of interest

° providing information on the availability of local immunization clinics, which provide vaccines free of charge.

° reminding the client when a child is due for his or her next appointment

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF INCOME MAINTENANCE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 1-1-88 Transmittal: UP-93-38 P-1560.10 page 2 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: The Eligibility Process PROCEDURES ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: AFDC Beginning Dates of Assistance FMA _______________________________________________________________ FS Subject: Adding a Member to the Assistance Unit ______________________________________________________________________________

P-1560.10 (continued)

6. Use the date the form was signed to determine whether the notice was within 10 days.

7. If the notice was not signed within 10 days of the child's birth, determine whether good cause exists (see 1555.10).

8. Confirm that either an individual whose presence is reported or one whose presence is not reported meets categorical, financial and technical requirements on the beginning date of assistance;

9. Presume that an individual who reported timely will be cooperative with procedural requirements;

10. Do not add an individual who did not report timely, however, until cooperation with procedural requirements is demonstrated by such things as keeping appointments with WIN, Support or Resources, and producing a Social Security number.

FS

1. Determine eligibility of the assistance unit including the additional member.

2. Set the beginning date of assistance based on whether assistance increases or decreases as a result of the eligibility determination.