UPM 1560.20 - Additions to the Assistance Unit

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF INCOME MAINTENANCEPRIVATE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 7-1-87 Transmittal: UP-87-2 1560.20 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: The Eligibility Process POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: AFDC Beginning Dates of Assistance FMA _______________________________________________________________ Subject: Additions to the Assistance Unit ______________________________________________________________________________

1560.20 A. Mandatory Inclusions in the Assistance Unit

1. Presence of Member Reported

For a new member whose addition to the household is reported within 10 days of the individual's arrival, the beginning date of assistance for mandatory inclusion in the unit is:

a. the date of the report, if:

(1) all categorical, financial and technical requirements are met on that date; and

(2) all procedural eligibility requirements are complied with by the dates set by the Department; or

b. whichever of the following dates occurs later:

(1) the date on which all categorical, financial and technical requirements are met if eligibility does not exist on the date of the report; or

(2) the date on which procedural eligibility requirements are complied with if this date occurs after the time limit set by the Department.

2. Presence of Member Not Reported

For a new member whose presence is not reported within 10 days of arrival in the household, the beginning date of assistance for the new member is the date that all eligibility requirements are met, including procedural.

B. Non-Mandatory Additions to the Assistance Unit

For a new member who is a non-mandatory addition to the assistance unit, the beginning date of assistance is one of the following dates, whichever occurs later:

1. the date a written request for the individual is received; or

2. the date all categorical, financial and technical requirements are met and all procedural eligibility requirements are complied with as required by the Department.

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF INCOME MAINTENANCE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 7-1-87 Transmittal: UP-87-2 1560.20 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: The Eligibility Process POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: MA Beginning Dates of Assistance FS _______________________________________________________________ Subject: Additions to the Assistance Unit ______________________________________________________________________________

1560.20 C. Medicaid - Newborns

For a newborn child who qualifies automatically by living with its mother who receives Medicaid, the beginning date of FMA is the child's date of birth.

D. Food Stamps

After eligibility is determined the beginning date of assistance for adding a member to the assistance unit depends on whether benefits increase or decrease.

1. If the addition increases benefits, the beginning date of assistance is the first of the month following the month the change is reported.

2. If the addition decreases benefits, the beginning date of assistance is:

a. the first of the month following the month the change occurs when the advance notice of action ten-day period expires before the last day of the cycle in the month of change; or,

b. the first of the second month following the month the change occurs when the advance notice of action ten-day period expires after the last day of the cycle in the month of change.