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COMBINED MANUAL
ISSUE DATE 01/2017
UNSCHEDULED REPORTING OF CHANGES - CASH
0007.15
Clients must report changes that affect their eligibility. For some programs, they must report changes in addition to their scheduled report. Clients do not have to report changes in assistance benefits. See 0007.03 (Monthly Reporting - Cash), 0007.03.01 (Monthly Reporting - Uncle Harry FS).
Clients may report unscheduled changes in person, by telephone, or by mail. They may use the Change Report Form (DHS- 2402) (PDF) to report changes for any program.
Applicants must report changes immediately while their application is pending.
Participants must report changes by the earliest of these dates:
● 10 days after the change occur.
● At recertification.
● 8 calendar days after the end of their monthly reporting period.
Participants who report a change before submitting a Household Report Form (DHS-2120) (PDF), must also report the change on the HRF.
Changes which participants must report within 10 days include:
● Any change in household composition, including births, returns to and departures from the home of unit members and financially responsible people, a unit member temporarily absent from the home, or a change in the custody of a minor child. See 0008.06.06 (Adding a Person to the Unit - Cash), 0008.06.09 (Removing a Person from the Unit), 0008.06.15 (Removing or Recalculating Income).
● Any change in family status of a unit member, (marriage, legal separation, divorce, death).
● Any change in earned income of $100 per month or greater.
● Any change in unearned income of $50 per month or greater.
● Any change in employment status and hours.
● Any change in address or residence.
● Any change in state residence.
● Any receipt of a lump-sum payment.
● Any change in assets if an assistance unit's assets are over $9,000.
● Any change in citizenship or immigration status.
● Any change in disability status of a unit member.
● Any new rent subsidy or any change in rent subsidy.
● Any sale, purchase, or transfer of real property.
● Any change in child/spousal support payments to people outside the household.
The above changes must be reported, but only require verification when the change affects eligibility or the amount of the assistance payment. See 0010.18.01 (Mandatory Verifications – Cash Assistance).