eligibility-and-enrollment-continuity-of-care-12-month-eligibility

Reason(s) for non-compliance: • The Lead Agency does not always provide a minimum 12-month eligibility period for each child, as required by 98.21(a)(1). (Plan Questions 2.5.2a and 2.5.2c) • The Lead Agency graduated phase-out policies do not appropriately support continuity of care, as required by 98.21(b). (Plan Question 2.5.5) Overall Target Completion Date: 06/30/2026 Action Step Number Action Step Description Target Completion Date 1 * The Lead Agency does not always provide a minimum 12-month eligibility period for each child, as required by 98.21(a). (Plan Questions 2.5.2a and 2.5.2c) 06/30/2026 2 Complete and submit budget impact analysis for approval. 03/30/2025 3 Draft policy and rule language to extend 12-month eligibility whenever a new child is added to the family unit. 10/30/2025 4 Leadership approval 01/01/2026 5 Program, text and launch eligibility system changes to automatically extend eligibility 02/28/2026 6 Train case managers of new policy and procedures 05/30/2026 7 * The Lead Agency graduated phase-out policies do not appropriately support continuity of care as required by 98.21(b). (Plan Question 2.5.5) 06/30/2025 8 Explore with OCC issues with current FPL cut offs for new applications and redeterminations that do not comply. 03/30/2025 9 Revise current income guidelines to come into compliance. 10/30/2025 10 Complete and submit budget impact analysis for approval 11/30/2025 11 Leadership approval 01/30/2026 12 Revise policies and forms 03/30/2026 13 Program, text and launch eligibility system changes 04/30/2026 14 Train case managers of new policy and procedures. 05/30/2026