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• birth certificate, • adoption papers, • hospital or birth records, • baptismal records, • church birth records, • U.S. passport, • family bible, • Indian Census records, • INS records, • military records, and • SSA records or documents. QM: N/A TANF The age of children should be verified if questionable (even if the child is excluded from the unit but is the basis of a parent/caretaker relative’s eligibility). See SR for sources of verification. Two of the following may be substituted if the sources listed in SR are not available: • school records, • court support order, • juvenile court records, • child welfare records, • insurance policy, and • affidavit from an individual other than the caretaker relative who has knowledge of the birth. GC See TANF FS If age is questionable and needed to determine eligibility or benefit levels (that is, if a person claims to be entitled to a medical deduction based on his/her being at least 60 years of age, but the SSR finds the declared age questionable), the SSR must obtain verification (see SR for sources of verification).

School Attendance 4.5.2

MA N/A TANF School enrollment must be verified for each dependent child age 16 and older. School enrollment, as well as attendance, must be verified for teen parents. A Verification of School Attendance Form is used to verify enrollment. The form is completed by a school official and a school stamp must be affixed to the form. Other verification sources for school enrollment and student status include school records such as: • most recent issued report card for current school year, • correspondence from school authorities, • correspondence from scholarship boards or other similar organizations, or • information from school records obtained through data sharing agreements and exchanges with schools.