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Division/Section Family Support Chapter No./Name 04 – Family Assistance Manual (FAM) Part No./Name B – Eligibility Factors Section No./Name B-1200-FITAP Support Enforcement Services Document No./Name B-1250-FITAP Noncooperation With Child Support Enforcement Effective Date February 1, 2018

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STATEMENT OF POLICY

If an applicant or recipient does not cooperate and does not have good cause, the client or the child (ren) will not be eligible for cash assistance.

B-1251-FITAP - PO NONCOOPERATION

CSE will notify IV-A daily through the LAMI/LASES interface via Infopac Report LAIN21P if the client fails to cooperate with CSE by:

● failure to keep two scheduled office appointments (Code S1),

● failure to appear for a blood test (Code S2),

● failure to appear in court (Code S3),

● failure to provide information during an interview (Code S4), or

● refusal to name the noncustodial parent (Code S5).

The report is coded as shown above to show the reason for the client's noncooperation.

B-1252-FITAP - PO FAILURE TO SUBMIT CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS TO CSE

When CSE determines that a client failed to submit child support payments to CSE, the case will be referred to the Fraud and Recovery Section. The Fraud and Recovery Section will contact the client and request repayment. If the client refuses to sign a repayment agreement or fails to submit agreed- upon payments, the Fraud and Recovery Section will notify the worker by form FR 64.

Note: Any child support received for FITAP two-parent households must be budgeted. If the two- parent household is placed in Simplified Reporting, refer to S-310-FITAP for reporting requirements. Refer to F-110-FITAP for overpayment/overissuances.

B-1253-FITAP - PO REAPPLICATION FOLLOWING CASE CLOSURE ***

Once a case has been closed for failure to cooperate with CSE:

● If the family is not work-eligible, the family may not be recertified until the client misses at least one month of benefits and goes to the CSE office and agrees to cooperate.

● If the family is work-eligible, the family must not receive benefits for the number of months required by the terms of the applicable STEP sanction and the client goes to the CSE office and agrees to cooperate.