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1. take immediate action to impose sanctions on the entire cash assistance group. The individual may reapply for the optional member(s), 2. take immediate action to remove the non-compliant individual from Medicaid unless that person is pregnant, and 3. apply “Riverside” provisions to the food stamp assistance group.

1420.1711 Ending Sanction (TCA) Eligibility staff must:

1. Remove the sanction upon Child Support Enforcement’s request that the individual complied. 2. Open the Temporary Cash Assistance group (must meet all other factors of eligibility). 3. Not require an application if compliance is within 30 calendar days from the effective date of the sanction. Provide benefits back to the date of compliance. 4. Require an application if compliance is more than 30 calendar days from the effective date of the sanction. Provide benefits based on date of eligibility policy.

Remove CSE imposed sanctions for noncooperation without CSE approval in the following situations:

1. When the last child subject to cooperation leaves the home. 2. When the last child subject to cooperation turns 18. 3. When the absent parent, based on established legal paternity, moves into the home and 4. When a non-legal parent moves into the home and completes the DH 432 acknowledging paternity and staff forwards the completed DH 432 to CSE or the Department of Health State Office of Vital Statistics. 1420.1900 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING (TCA) Certain individuals are required to register and/or participate in employment and training (E&T) or work activities. Individuals whose needs are not included in the benefit calculation are not subject to these requirements.

Individuals subject to work requirements must comply. Applicants, including both parents in intact households, must work register and complete an overview of the basic options and services of the TANF work requirements as a condition of eligibility. This must be completed prior to authorization of benefits. Employment and training services are provided by local RWB/or designee. 1420.1901 Teen Parents (TCA) A teen parent is defined as an individual who has a child or children of their own and who meets the definition of a minor child - under age 18 or under age 19 and a full-time student in a secondary school or an approved program leading to obtaining a GED. A teen parent is not married or divorced.

Teen parent policy applies to teen fathers as well as teen mothers who receive Temporary Cash Assistance as a child in a parent’s case or if they receive Temporary Cash Assistance as a parent.