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MS 0100 (1) Volume 1 – General Administration MS 0100 – R. 6/5/23 – OMTL-626 Returned Checks Individuals must return any check for which they are not eligible. Individuals, their Authorized Representative (AR), or any other interested party may return checks to a Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) office. Checks may also be returned to Central Office. [A. For checks, including Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program (KTAP), Kinship Care (KC), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Employment and Training Program (E&T), Kentucky Works Program (KWP) supportive services, State Supplementation, Family Assistance Short Term (FAST), which have been returned to Central Office, the Program Specialist will receive notification via email about the check and respond via email within five workdays. The response authorizes the appropriate action to:] 1. Cancel a check if: a. The recipient of the check died prior to the first day of the month for which the check was issued; b. The recipient has moved and cannot be located, and mail sent to the recipient by the local or Central Office has been returned to the local office. A check is not cancelled until procedures for returned mail in MS 0090 are completed and the recipient cannot be located. If, after the check has been cancelled but prior to the last day of the month covered by the cancelled check, the location of the recipient becomes known, the check must be made available to the recipient; c. The recipient voluntarily returned a check to avoid an overpayment; d. A supportive services provider returns a duplicate payment; e. A supportive services payment is returned due to an incorrect amount or provider on the check. In this instance, the correct payment is issued on Online Tracking Information System (OTIS); f. The individual is discharged from a Personal Care Home (PCH), unless the individual is going to another PCH or is receiving Community Integration Supplementation (CIS); g. The individual is discharged from a Family Care Home (FCH), unless the individual is going to another FCH; h. The individual is no longer receiving Caretaker Services or Community Integration Supplementation (CIS); or i. The payment was issued in error. [Note: Once the cancelled KTAP, KC, FAST, or State Supplementation check has been redeposited, the Family Self-Sufficiency Branch (FSSB) will