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COMBINED MANUAL

ISSUE DATE 11/2019

MANDATORY VERIFICATIONS - CASH ASSISTANCE

0010.18.01

See 0010.18 (Mandatory Verifications) for mandatory verifications that apply to all programs.

See 0010.18.02 (Mandatory Verifications - SNAP) for additional mandatory verification provisions that apply to SNAP.

See provisions below for ADDITIONAL mandatory verification provisions that apply to each specific cash program.

MFIP: See 0010.03 (Verification – Cooperation and Consent) for circumstances when a signed personal statement from the client is acceptable verification.

VERIFY THE FOLLOWING AT INITIAL APPLICATION:

● Costs of child care when applying the initial eligibility test. See 0018.09 (Dependent Care Deduction).

● Stop work, if necessary to verify income in the month of application.

● The number of hours worked each month.

● Verify the following assets. See 0010 (Verification), 0015.01 (Counted Assets).

- Bank Accounts:

-- Checking accounts. -- Savings accounts. -- Debit cards. An EBT card is not a debit card. See DEBIT CARD in 0002.13 (Glossary: Conciliation...). -- Money market accounts. -- Certificates of deposit, including if it is matured or not. See MATURED CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT in 0002.39 (Glossary: Lump Sum...).

- Stocks and Bonds, including if there is a financial penalty associated with accessing stocks and bonds. Pension and retirement accounts are considered stocks and bonds.

- Ownership of vehicles.

● Presence of a minor child in the home, if questionable.

● Marriage date, if needed to determine eligibility for New Spouse Income policy. See 0022.11 (New Spouse Income).

● Identity of adults.

● Age, if related to eligibility or benefit level.

● Social Security number, unless the unit member qualifies as a non-citizen who is a victim of battery and/or cruelty. See 0011.03.21 (Non-Citizens - Victims of Battery/Cruelty). Do not require a Social Security card to verify the social security number (SSN) a client provides. Only keep copies of social security cards in a case file if they are used to resolve an IEVS discrepancy or an SSN DAIL message. See 0010.18.03 (Verifying Social Security Numbers). Do not require undocumented persons to provide a Social Security number.

● Child and spousal support payments to people outside the household, to be allowed as a deduction.

● School attendance, if related to eligibility.

- Full-time school attendance and anticipated graduation date of 18 year old minor children in the assistance unit.

- Full-time school attendance of an employed minor child in the assistance unit to determine exclusion of earnings.