UPM P-1550.15 - Reporting Requirements - Timeliness

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF INCOME MAINTENANCEPRIVATE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 7-1-88 Transmittal: UP-88-44 P-1550.15 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: The Eligibility Process PROCEDURES ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: AFDC Monthly Reporting AABD _______________________________________________________________ Subject: Reporting Requirements - Timeliness ______________________________________________________________________________

P-1550.15 1. When a monthly report form is received from an assistance unit:

° check the due date on the front page of the form;

° check the date of receipt stamped on the form.

2. Consider the report form to have been received in a timely manner if the date of receipt stamped on the form is the due date or an earlier date.

3. Consider the report form to have been received late if the date of receipt is later than the due date.

4. When the form has been submitted late by an AFDC unit, use gross income to determine AFDC eligibility and to calculate AFDC benefits unless good cause is established.

5. Use all appropriate deductions and disregards in determining eligibility and calculating benefits for the AABD and FS programs regardless of whether the form is returned late or not.

6. Reinstate any discontinued benefits if the unit remains eligible.