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COMBINED MANUAL

ISSUE DATE 12/2014

180 TO 60 DAYS BEFORE MFIP CLOSES

0011.30.06

● A means to reach participants who may have missed important messages.

● Information on their sanction status.

● An opportunity for them to request an extension or develop an exit plan.

● Stress the importance to the participant of attending the face-to-face meeting, but do not sanction the participant for not attending the meeting.

4. IF NO FACE-TO-FACE MEETING

If a face-to-face meeting does not occur, send a letter advising the participant that MFIP will soon close. Provide a list of the hardship extension categories and a copy of the extension request form. Enclose a list of community resources that are available to the participant if MFIP ends and any other information that would have been covered at the face-to-face meeting. If the participant responds to this letter, encourage the participant to come to a face-to-face meeting even if it is after the 58th month.

5. SUPERVISORY OR TEAM REVIEW

Before MFIP closes due to the time limit, the job counselor’s supervisor or the review team designated by the county must review the case to determine if the criteria for a hardship extension, if requested, were applied appropriately and an attempt was made to meet with the participant face-to-face. If the review indicates that the criteria to close the case were met, send a 10-day notice of adverse action to terminate MFIP at the end of 60th month.

If you discover that a case was closed after the 60th month without the required case review, you must contact the participant and offer to do a case review to determine if the assistance unit was eligible for a hardship extension. If the participant is determined to be eligible for a hardship extension and meets all other MFIP eligibility criteria, the county agency must issue retroactive benefits for all months of MFIP eligibility up to and including the current month.

For more information, see 0011.30.03 (MFIP Transition Period), 0011.33 (MFIP Hardship Extensions), 0011.33.02 (MFIP Hardship Extensions - Removing 1 Parent), 0011.33.03 (MFIP Employed Extension Category), 0011.33.03.03 (Limited Work Due to Illness/Disability), 0011.33.06 (MFIP Hard to Employ Extension Category), 0011.33.09 (MFIP Ill/Incapacitated Extension Category).

DWP, SNAP, MSA, GA, GRH: No provisions.