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with MAVERICS through the nightly batch process. MAVERICS will code the AUSP screen and send an alert to the TWP Alerts Due Today or Overdue (TWAD) screen informing the worker to process the application. The eligibility worker will process the application according to the code displayed on AUSP screen or the 319B. Fully Complied (FC) is the only completion code that will allow the application to be approved. Any code other than FC will result in denial of the application. All other TANF eligibility criteria must be met before a TANF application can be approved. If a denial code is received through the JAWS-to-MAVERICS interface, MAVERICS will automatically deny the application based on the denial code received from JAWS and notify the applicant via MAVERICS Notice X710. MAVERICS will generate an alert to the eligibility worker that the application has been denied. Refer to Chapter 8, for additional information. Non Compliance with TWP Referral Process Requirements At any point in the application processing period the applicant fails to comply with any requirements or assignments, e.g., misses a TANF appointment (eligibility intake), fails to provide requested information for eligibility, fails to keep the TWP intake appointment, fails to cooperate or fully complete the TWP Work Registration requirements, etc., the application will be denied. The eligibility worker may deny the application at any point. When an application is denied in MAVERICS after the TWP process has started, MAVERICS will interface with JAWS through the nightly batch process and deny the case in JAWS. Applications for non-referable adults must be held for the 30-day processing period before denying the application. An individual may reapply for TANF at any time. If an individual reapplies the same day a TANF application is denied, the clerk will hold the application until the next day and then register the TANF application for the application date entered on the MDHS-EA-900. Earned Income Disregards Applicants who find new employment any time after the TWP referral process requirements have been explained (beginning with receipt of the MDHS-EA-303B and documentation of the MDHSEA-900 or completion of the MDHS-EA-303C/MDHS-EA-303D) and the new income will cause the application to be denied will be entitled to the three-month earned income disregard (3D) 3921