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PROTECTIVE PAYEE

The person that accepts the responsibility for receiving and using, or overseeing the use of, the TANF benefit and for promptly relaying to the caretaker relative any request for information issued to the protective payee. Protective payees are required when mismanagement of funds has been proven to be consistent and continued or the caretaker relative is incapable of adequately managing their business due to physical or mental incapacity. See Chapter 7, Protective and Vendor Payments.

PRWORA - See Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.

PRUDENT MAN

This concept refers to the element of judgment that must be exercised by all individuals in making choices, determining goals, evaluating statements by others, and the like. Discernment. When the worker finds some of the applicant's statements questionable, the worker must evaluate the statements and ask the applicant to make a reasonable explanation of the contradictions and/or assist in seeking further information. The statements made, corroborating evidence, and other information acquired by the worker must be thoroughly documented in the case record to support the decision reached by the worker. See Chapter 7, Evaluating Information.

PSE - See Post-Secondary Education.

PUTATIVE FATHER

The term is used to describe the alleged father of a child for whom paternity has not been legally established. See Chapter 3, Child Support.

RANDOM MOMENT SAMPLE (RMS)

A time measurement instrument used to determine the activity in which eligibility workers are engaged at a randomly selected moment. Data collected from the RMS is used to allocate costs to programs administered by the Division of Economic Assistance.

REASSIGNMENT

Assignment of a case from one worker to another worker. This is done in the MAVERICS System by accessing the Case Record Control Screen (CARC). See Volume X, Case and Client