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General Principles Regular Redeterminations/Reviews are a federal requirement. TANF cases will receive a 6 or 12 month review period. (See Chapter 7, The Redetermination Process.) SPECIAL REDETERMINATIONS (Changes) General Principles Simplified Reporting households are only required to report certain changes during their review

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period. When the household reports a change whether it is a required change report or not, the worker has ten (10) days to request information and then ten (10) days to take action on the change. The change should be made for the next possible month. Reporting Requirements for TANF Households: Effective January 1, 2018, Mississippi began the transition to Change Reporting for all households. Under Change Reporting requirements, all households must report the following changes within 10 days of the date the change becomes known to the household:

• Residence and resulting shelter costs; • Legal child support obligation; • Change of more than $100 in the amount of unearned income; • Change of more than $100 in monthly earned income from the amount used to calculate the household’s benefit amount; • Change in the source of income (example: change in employment), if it results in a change in income; • Change in liquid resources, such as cash, stocks, bonds, and bank accounts that meets or exceeds the household’s limit.

Additionally, TANF households must report the following changes: 1. When the household s total gross monthly income, earned and unearned, meets or exceeds 185% of the need standard for the household size at the time of their current review period. Disqualified household members will not be included in the household size when determining if the household income meets or exceeds 185% of the need standard. This change must be reported by the 10th of the month following the month in which the change occurred. If the 10th falls on a holiday or weekend, the client has until the next business day following the holiday or weekend to report the change. The worker should explain this requirement to the client and circle the client s household size and income limit at each interview as part of the MDHS-EA-300 explanation. See Generic Forms Manual, Chapter 3, TANF Rights and Responsibilities of Applicants and Recipients. MISSISSIPPI [ BUDGETARY PROCESS: GENERAL PRINCIPLES ]

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