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rework budgets and authorize benefits for the remainder of the review period (7th through the 12th month). Workers will provide notification of the change in benefit amount by sending the household MAVERICS notice A701, Change in TANF Benefit. Should reported changes by the household lead to ineligibility, the worker will send MAVERICS notice A400 – TANF Closure – Ineligible Interim Case. Incomplete Interim Reports Based on coding entered by the worker on INRR, returned but incomplete interim reports will require a notice informing the household of the specific reason for incompleteness of the report and instructions on what information is required for processing and continuation of benefits. Cases with interim reports coded as incomplete will be placed in frozen status, and will not roll to the next (7th) month without a complete interim report being processed and eligibility determined for the remainder of the review period. Incomplete reasons/INRR codes include the following: • No signature (NS) • Income Verification Not Received (IV) • Non-Categorically Eligible Resource Verification Not Received (RV) • All Questions Not Answered (QA) • Other (OT) Use of the NS, IV, RV, and QA codes will automatically generate MAVERICS notice X419, SNAP/TANF Closure – Incomplete Interim Report form. This notice will inform the household of the specific information required for processing the interim report and determining eligibility for the remainder of the review period. In addition, unsigned interim reports (NS code) must be returned to the household for signature. Use of the OT code will require the worker to access the Notice Request (NORE) screen to send notice A419, TANF Closure – Incomplete Interim Report Form, to request verification of the reported change. In the event that the worker initially registers the interim report as complete on INRR but later determines the report to be incomplete, INRR may be accessed again to code the report as incomplete. Depending on the incomplete reason code used as noted above, either MAVERICS will send the incomplete notice or the worker will be required to access NORE to send a request for verification. Incomplete interim reports containing all necessary information that are returned during the 7th month of the review period will be registered through INRR and processed by the worker, allowing the household s benefits to be reinstated. Benefits authorized during the 7th month will

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