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MA If a group is ineligible for MA in the AR or AX program types due to an increase in child support, the group is eligible for four months of TMA. If the group's income still exceeds 200 percent of the FPL after the four-month period the group is no longer eligible for MA (see Section 1.3: Transitional Medicaid Assistance (TMA) in Part VII). If the group's income is below 200 percent of the FPL after the four-month period, the group should be recertified for MA. The group would no longer be eligible for TMA, but rather would be eligible for Medicaid under the AR or AX program types. TANF If support is collected and is less than the grant, it is retained by CSED to defray the costs of providing assistance to the group. After two consecutive months of collections that are greater than the current TANF grant, the TANF case is closed, and the child support is sent directly to the family. All support collected by CSED in excess of the TANF grant must be returned to the family and counted as unearned income (see Section 4.9: Child Support in Part VI). Example 1 Ms. Watkins has two children by the same father, Sam Cole. Ms. Watkins has assisted CSED in locating Mr. Cole who allowed a paternity test to be administered which proved him to be the father of both children. Mr. Cole pays $75 per month in child support for both children. Since this is less than the current TANF grant provided to Ms. Watkins, CSED retains the entire $75 paid by Mr. Cole. Example 2 Ms. Minton has one child, Samantha. CSED located John Wright; the man who Ms. Minton claimed was the father. When he was contacted by CSED, Mr. Wright agreed to take a blood test to determine paternity. The test showed that Mr. Wright was in fact Samantha's father, and he was ordered by the court to pay child support. After several months of erratic support payments, Mr. Wright got a new, better paying job, and in May, he began to pay the proper amount of child support. After full payment was made for two consecutive months (May and June), it was determined by CSED that the child support paid by Mr. Wright exceeded Ms. Minton's TANF grant. At this point, Ms. Minton's TANF case was closed, and child support paid by Mr. Wright is sent from CSED to Ms. Minton.

VERIFICATION 2.9

ALL Within 20 days after claiming good cause, the applicant/recipient must provide CSED with information needed to determine good cause. CSED will allow more time for the applicant/recipient to provide the requested information only if it is determined that more than 20 days is needed. An applicant/recipient who claims good cause for non-cooperation in establishing paternity, child support, or medical support has the burden of establishing good cause by: specifying the circumstances that the applicant/recipient believes establishes good cause for not cooperating, providing sufficient information to establish the claim, and corroborating at least one good cause circumstance with: a birth certificate or medical, mental health, or law enforcement record which indicates the child was conceived as a result of rape or incest; a court document or other record which indicates that legal proceedings for adoption are pending in court; physical evidence or court, medical, criminal, CSFA, social services, psychological, law enforcement, or clerical records which indicate that the alleged father might inflict physical, mental, sexual, or emotional harm on the child, applicant/recipient, household member, or immediate family member;