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INCOME AND ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION SYSTEM (IEVS) Purpose The Income and Eligibility Verification System (IEVS) is a system which collects and exchanges income and resource data electronically from agencies such as Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES), Social Security Administration (SSA), and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to be used in verifying eligibility for and the amount of TANF benefits for the eligible assistance unit. Due to safeguard restrictions of IRS data and certain SSA data, these matches are labeled as State Resource Data (SRD) and require special handling. This system meets the safeguard requirement of Section 1137 of the Social Security Act and the Department of Treasury. General Provisions Wage and benefit information shall be requested via IEVS from those agencies identified in the material entitled, Matches To Be Conducted. The method by which IEVS data is obtained is through computer matching, and the data obtained through this method will be provided to counties via IEVS alerts in the MAVERICS system, via the Interface Inquiry Menu (INIM) in MAVS, or, for matches with State Resource Data, Paper Alerts received as individual printouts. The key to each match is the individual’s social security number. Should an individual have more than one social security number, IEVS data will be requested on all social security numbers. (The worker can also inquire on SSA data to obtain SSI and RSDI information.) Matches to be Conducted Management Information Systems (MIS) will extract the social security numbers from the MAVERICS system and match against files of the cooperating agencies to produce information necessary for determining initial or ongoing eligibility. Prior to entering individual social security numbers in MAVERICS, IEVS data will not normally be available on applicants. The match on applicants will take place once the SSN has been entered in MAVERICS and periodically thereafter for recipients; therefore, SSNs for ALL members of the assistance unit must be entered in MAVERICS as soon as possible after receipt in the county office. For IEVS purposes, a new member will be treated as an applicant. The rationale for including children is to identify SSN errors and/or wages earned by adults and reported under the SSN of another. MISSISSIPPI INCOME: INCOME AND ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION SYSTEM (IEVS)

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