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cannot be included in the TANF budget. If the payee refuses to cooperate in verifying age and relationship, eligibility for the case cannot be determined. Reject the application or close the case. If the mother is making every effort to cooperate and the income and

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resources of the child can be determined, sanction the child until he/she meets the eligibility requirement. This also applies for children not meeting the enumeration requirement. 2. The legal parent(s) with whom the child or children live unless the parent(s) is: a. An SSI recipient or was converted with the SSI recipients and is still included in the SSI computation as a converted ineligible spouse. The parent’s participation code should be SS in MAVERICS. The income and resources of these parents must not be considered. NOTE: Individuals who do not receive SSI payments, but are considered to be SSI eligible by the Social Security Administration fall within the above category and are coded SS in MAVERICS. b. Being penalized because of a failure to cooperate in meeting enumeration requirements for a child. Remember, however, that such a parent’s net income must be included, using the earned income disregards in the TANF budget. The parent’s participation code MUST be DI in MAVERICS. c. Ineligible on citizenship and alienage requirements. The participation code must be DI. d. Married to the TANF PI on or after October 1, 1999. In this situation the spouse/legal parent’s presence in the home will be disregarded for 6 consecutive months beginning with the month the spouse is added to the case. The relationship code used in MAVERICS will be NW. See MARRIAGE DISREGARD Chapter 6. 3. A needy grantee relative, other than a parent, fulfilling the parental role, provided he wishes to be included and is not an SSI recipient, or was converted and still included in the SSI computation as an ineligible spouse. NOTE: Remember that a relative other than a parent cannot be designated as payee if one of the legal parents is living in the home with the children. 3100 MISSISSIPPI NON - FINANCIAL CRITERIA: ASSISTANCE UNIT CONCEPT

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