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MS 0890 (1) Volume 1 – General Administration MS 0890 – R. 7/1/21 – OMTL-580 How to Determine the First Month of a Claim To determine the first month of the claim, apply the following rules. A. [For applications that are incorrectly processed based on information provided at the interview, the claim is established for the effective month of approval and continues for every subsequent month the incorrect information is used. Example: The individual applies for benefits and fails to report a source of income. The claim begins the month of approval and continues until the income is considered in the determination of the benefit. B. The 10-10-10 formula is used to determine the first month of the claim. 1. Determine when the change became known to the household; 2. From that date, allow the household 10 days to report; 3. Allow the worker 10 days to act on the report; and 4. Allow 10 days for adverse action. 5. The month in which the adverse action period ends determines the first month of the claim. The beginning month of the claim is the next month after adverse action ends. C. Simplified Reporting households have until the 10th of the month following the month a change occurs to report a required change. Example: A household’s income increases above the permitted gross limit in August. The individual has until September 10 to report the change. The worker has 10 days to act on the change (September 20), and 10 days (September 30) are allowed for adverse action. The first month of the claim is October. D. A reportable Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program (KTAP) or Kinship Care (KC) change is required to be reported within 10 days. When changes decrease benefits or result in discontinuance of a case, the change must be entered on the Integrated Eligibility and Enrollment System (IEES) by either the negative action cutoff or Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP)/KTAP/Medicaid (MA) cutoff date, whichever affects the next month’s benefits. Example 1: An individual reports a member of the benefit group left the home on September 5, 2010. CCAP/KTAP/MA cut-off is September 21, 2010. Negative action cut-off is September 20, 2010. As this change will decrease benefits, the change must be entered by September 20, 2010, to be effective for October