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home, o the baby is made a ward of the District, or o someone else obtains legal custody of the baby; and • a situation in which joint or shared custody or a visitation order exists which requires the child to be out of the home for more than 90 days, but the applicant/customer is expected to maintain a home for the child. This exception applies as long as the child is not in an assistance unit with the other parent in D.C. or any other jurisdiction. GC GC See TANF FS FS A member of a FS group must be in the household at least one day during the month to be considered part of the FS stamp unit.

VERIFICATION 1.16 ALL MA, TANF, GC, and FS all require certain aspects of group composition to be verified. The following sections detail which aspects of group composition must be verified.

Boarder Status 1.16.1

MA N/A TANF N/A GC N/A FS If the person claims boarder status, the SSR must obtain a written statement from the board provider that indicates the amount paid for board.

Identity 1.16.2

MA AR/AX D.C. Healthy Families Application Users: D.C. Healthy Families applications must be accompanied by proof of each applicant's social security number or proof that a social security number has been applied for. Examples of acceptable proof include: • a social security card; • an application for an SSN; • a Social Security benefits document; or • other state, local, or federal document (such as a driver's license) indicating the SSN. AR/AX Combined Application Users: The person applying for assistance must present evidence of his/her identity (only the identity of the PI must be verified). If documentary evidence is not readily available, a collateral contact must be used. A collateral contact is an oral confirmation of a household’s circumstances by a person outside of the household. The collateral contact may be made in person or over the phone. No specific document can be required as verification and photo identification cannot be required. Acceptable verification may include, but cannot be limited to, any one of the following: • driver's license; • D.C. issued non-drivers I.D.; • school I.D.; • documents which indicate a client's receipt of benefits under another program which requires verification of identity, such as SSI or SSDI; • birth certificate; • Social Security card; • pay-stubs;