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COMBINED MANUAL

ISSUE DATE 03/2022

CHANGE IN COUNTY OF RESIDENCE

0008.06.21

● Send a referral to the Employment Services Provider and child care worker in your county or Tribal Nation unless the client is exempt.

See TEMP Manual TE02.09.14 (How to Transfer a Single Claim) and TE02.09.18 (When to Transfer a MAXIS Claim) for when and how to transfer a MAXIS claim to another county or Tribal Nation.

To determine which county is financially responsible for which months, see 0006 (Determining Financial Responsibility).

MFIP: You do need to verify the new address, see 0011.09 (County Residence).

Participants in the Safe At Home (SAH) Program only need to verify their county or Tribal Nation of residence, see 0029.29 (Safe At Home Program).

When a minor child getting MFIP moves to another county or Tribal Nation to live with a different caregiver, the former county or Tribal Nation must remove the child from the unit effective the month after the move. See 0006.09 (Moving Between Counties - Minor Children). If there is not enough time to send the unit a notice, remove the child effective the 2nd month after the move. See 0026 (Notices). There is no overpayment if they report the move timely.

The new county or Tribal Nation must take an application or addendum for the child. See 0005.09.03 (When People Must Complete an Application), 0005.09.09 (When to Use an Addendum to an Application), 0008.06.06 (Adding a Person to the Unit - Cash).

It is possible for a child to get benefits from 2 different counties in the same month. See 0011.21 (Receipt of Other Assistance).

DWP: For applicants: ● When a move between counties occurs before the application has been approved and before the employment plan (EP) has been developed, the case must be transferred to the new county or Tribal Nation. The receiving county or Tribal Nation must meet with the applicant prior to approval to develop an EP that includes activities that fit with the applicant and the receiving county or Tribal Nation.

● When the application has not been approved, but the EP has been developed in the first county or Tribal Nation, it is up to the receiving county or Tribal Nation to decide whether it would be easier to complete processing the case in the county or Tribal Nation to which the unit has just moved. The 2 agencies should agree to this prior to the case transfer.

For participants: ● When a move between counties or Tribal Nations occurs during the 4-month DWP period and the participant continues to meet DWP eligibility criteria, the case will remain on DWP. The new county or Tribal Nation MUST meet with the participant to develop an Employment Plan (EP) that builds on the work that had been done in the previous county. This does NOT apply to Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.

SNAP, MSA, GA, GRH: You do not need to verify the new address, but do verify which county or Tribal Nation the new address is in. For SNAP, verification of the new shelter costs is needed to continue to allow any shelter costs as a deduction. See 0018.15 (Shelter Deductions), 0010.18.02.03 (Non-Mandatory Verifications – SNAP).

For information on reporting unscheduled changes, see 0007.15 (Unscheduled Reporting of Changes – Cash), 0007.15.03 (Unscheduled Reporting of Changes - SNAP).