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COMBINED MANUAL

ISSUE DATE 08/2020

SANCTIONS FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY - CASH

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5. Lift the sanction in the month after the month the caregiver complies with the MFIP-ES requirement provided the grant reduction has been in effect for a minimum of 1 month. The job counselor will send you a Status Update Form to tell you to remove the sanction. If the grant was vendor paid as a result of the sanction, continue vendor payment for 6 months after the month in which the participant returns to compliance.

Do not impose a sanction when a participant complies with MFIP-ES requirements ON OR BEFORE 10 days prior to the effective date of the sanction.

Participants may cure an MFIP-ES sanction by complying with the MFIP-ES requirements as outlined below:

FOR THE 1ST OCCURRENCE OF NON-COMPLIANCE

The sanction can be cured ON OR BEFORE 10 days prior to the EFFECTIVE date of the sanction. When a sanction has been imposed, it must be in effect for a minimum of 1 month and you may remove it in the month after the month the participant comes into compliance.

FOR THE 2ND OCCURRENCE OF NON-COMPLIANCE

The sanction can be cured ON OR BEFORE 10 days prior to the effective date of the sanction. When the participant comes into compliance AFTER the 10-day cure time period has passed, remove the sanction the month after the month the participant comes into compliance.

3RD THROUGH 6TH OCCURRENCES OF NON-COMPLIANCE

When the 30% sanction has been imposed for 1 month, ALL subsequent consecutive months in which a 10-day notice is not required may be cured up to the day prior to the effective date of the sanction. When subsequent months are not consecutive, a notice of adverse action is sent out and the sanction must be cured ON OR BEFORE 10 days prior to the EFFECTIVE date of the sanction.

7TH OCCURRENCE OF NON-COMPLIANCE (100% SANCTION - MONTH OF CLOSURE)

The sanction can be cured ON OR BEFORE 10 days prior to the EFFECTIVE date of the sanction (case closure) unless good cause is granted or pre-employment activities are found to exist.

For a relative caregiver case, in which the eligible relative caregiver has opted to be included in the MFIP grant, and the caregiver has reached the 7th occurrence sanction limit, MFIP should remain open for the relative care child. For MAXIS instructions, see POLI/TEMP TE17.13 (7th Occurrence Sanction - Relative Caregiver).

Also, see TE20.07 (Reapply After 7th Occur. Sanction Examples) for a list of case examples with information on regaining eligibility after a 7th occurrence of non-compliance (100% sanction case closure).

When a case has been closed, and you then reinstate or reopen it, apply the following procedures:

CLOSED FOR LESS THAN A CALENDAR MONTH

If the sanction was already in effect prior to closing, the sanction remains in place.

If the notice of adverse action was sent to the client prior to the case closing, impose the sanction immediately.

If the notice was not sent prior to closing, send the notice when the case opens. Impose the sanction for the 1st of the month for