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Required at Initial Determination Required at Redetermination Description [x] [ ] Child’s information for determining eligibility (e.g., identity, age, citizen/immigration status). Describe how you verify: CAPS Policy 6.4.2 provides the following list of acceptable documents to verify the child’s age. (These also serve as verification of the child’s identity.): birth certificate; court records; U.S. passport; state-issued identification; hospital certificate of live birth; immigration card; social security records; immigration court order; Homeland security documents. Families have the right to submit other forms of verification/documentation that must be credible to determine proof of age. Proof of age can also be verified using other eligibility program system sources whenever possible. CAPS Policy 6.5.6 provides the following list of acceptable documents to verify the child’s citizenship: birth certificate; certificate of citizenship; naturalization certificate; vital records; report of birth from abroad of a U.S. citizen; U.S. citizen I.D. card; U.S. passport; consoler’s report of birth; American Indian card (first issued by USCIS in 1983); court records of parentage, juvenile proceedings, or child support indicating place of birth; religious record of birth recorded in the U.S. or its territories within three months of birth (The document must show the date of birth or the individual’s age at the time the record was made); any document that establishes place of birth or U.S. citizenship, such as records from Social Security Administration, Veterans Administration, local government agencies, hospitals, or clinic’s record of birth or parentage; early school records showing the date of admission to the school, the child’s date and place of birth, and the names and place of birth of the parents; census record showing the name, U.S. citizenship, or a U.S. place of birth and date of birth or age of the individual; adoption finalization papers showing the child’s name and place of birth in one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. Territory. If verification of the child’s citizenship is available from another state or federally recognized program, a copy of the automation/system screen indicating citizenship or alien status may be used and filed in the case record. If verification of the child’s citizenship was obtained from another state public agency, a fax/copy of the verification document may be accepted. CAPS Policy 14.3.1 notes that parents are not required to re-verify circumstances that have already been verified and are not questionable or subject to change at redetermination.