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COMBINED MANUAL

ISSUE DATE 05/2017

DWP CONVERSION OR REFERRAL TO MFIP

0008.06.24

MFIP, MSA, GA, GRH: No provisions.

DWP: CONVERSION/REFERRAL DURING THE 4-MONTH DWP PERIOD

If at any time during the DWP application process or during the 4-month DWP eligibility period, you determine that a participant is unlikely to benefit from DWP, convert or refer the participant to MFIP. For the definition of MFIP, see 0002.41 (Glossary: Medically Necessary...). Participants who meet any of the eligibility criteria for Family Stabilization Services (FSS) are considered UNLIKELY to benefit from DWP. Gather the necessary documentation to support the determination.

The following are the FSS eligibility criteria for determining if a participant is unlikely to benefit from DWP:

● The participant is applying for SSI/RSDI (Retirement Survivors Disability Insurance). This includes those who are appealing a denial of an SSI or RSDI application.

● A participant who is age 60 or over or a participant who will turn 60 during the proposed 4 DWP months.

● A participant is a legal non-citizen who has been in the United States 12 months or less. “12 months” is defined as 12 FULL months after the month of entry.

● The participant has a Family Violence Waiver and is complying with an Employment Plan.

● The participant has an illness, injury, or incapacity that has been certified by a qualified professional, the condition is expected to continue for more than 30 days and severely limits the person’s ability to obtain or maintain suitable employment.

● The participant’s presence in the home is required as a caregiver due to the illness, injury, or incapacity of another member in the assistance unit, a relative in the household, or a foster child in the household when the condition, and the need for a person to provide assistance in the home, has been certified by a qualified professional and is expected to continue for more than 30 days.

● The participant has a child or adult in the household who meets disability or medical criteria for home care services, a home and community-based waiver services program, or meets the criteria for severe emotional disturbance or serious and persistent mental illness.

● The participant has been diagnosed by a licensed physician, psychological practitioner, or other qualified professional, as developmentally disabled or mentally ill and the condition severely limits the person’s ability to obtain or maintain suitable employment.

● The participant has been assessed by a vocational specialist or the county agency to be unemployable.

● The participant has an IQ below 80, and has been assessed by a vocational specialist or a county agency to be employable but the condition severely limits the person’s ability to obtain or maintain suitable employment.

● The participant was determined by a qualified professional to be learning disabled, and the condition severely limits the person's ability to obtain or maintain suitable employment.

● A family unit with a refugee caregiver who arrived in the U. S. within 12 months of applying for family cash assistance or a family unit with an asylee caregiver who is approved for asylee status within 12 months of applying for family cash assistance.

NOTE: “Severely limits the person’s ability to obtain or maintain suitable employment” means that a qualified professional has determined that the person’s condition prevents the person from working 20 or more hours per week.

Also, in a single pregnant woman unit once the child is born the unit is not eligible for DWP unless the parent has already used all the months of the child under 12 months ES exemption. Take a Combined Application Form (CAF) Addendum (DHS-5223C)