UPM 1555.10 - Good Cause

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICESPRIVATE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 7-1-87 Transmittal: UP-87-2 1555.10 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Eligibility Process POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: AFDC Interim Activity AABD _______________________________________________________________ MA Subject: FS Good Cause ______________________________________________________________________________

1555.10 A. Basic Provisions

1. Under certain conditions, good cause may be established if an assistance unit fails to timely report or verify changes in circumstances and the delay is found to be reasonable.

2. If good cause is established, the unit may be given additional time to complete required actions without loss of entitlement to benefits for a current or retroactive period.

3. In good cause situations, the Department may delay taking action, but reserves the right to take corrective action to prevent possible benefit errors.

B. AFDC, AABD, MA Requirements

1. PA assistance units may establish good cause for:

a. failing to report timely; or

b. failing to provide required verification timely.

2. Good cause may include, but is not limited to:

a. illness;

b. severe weather;

c. death in the immediate family;

d. other circumstances beyond the unit's control.

C. FS

1. FS assistance units are considered to have good cause for failing to provide required verification in a timely manner if:

a. the verification is difficult to obtain; and

b. the unit requests assistance in obtaining the verification prior to the last day of the timeliness deadline; and

c. the Department agrees to provide assistance.

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF INCOME MAINTENANCE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 7-1-87 Transmittal: UP-87-2 1555.10 page 2 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Eligibility Process POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: AFDC Interim Activity AABD _______________________________________________________________ MA Subject: FS Good Cause ______________________________________________________________________________

1555.10 C. FS (continued)

2. There are no provisions for establishing good cause if a FS assistance unit fails to timely report a change in circumstances.