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BUDGETARY PROCESS:SPECIAL

MISSISSIPPI BUDGETING PROCEDURES

Revised 07-01-0610-01-21

whether the support is court ordered or voluntary. The child support pass-through will not be counted in the TANF budget. To make these tests:

1. Arrive at the monthly support that the absent parent will provide, using the best possible estimate as documented by records and individual s statements. 2. Consider in the TANF test budget for the group the amount of anticipated support (as income) the family expects to receive. a. When either the gross or the 100% test results in a surplus, the group is not eligible. b. When a deficit results in the 100% test, the budget group is eligible on the income factor. The benefit will be computed by considering in the TANF budget all appropriate income including any child support received by the applicant prior to Child support conversion. The payee will be put on notice of the requirement that the support payments must be turned in to the Child Support office beginning with the first payment received after notification of TANF approval. Failure of the custodial parent to redirect child support to the IV-D office after approval for TANF benefits will cause termination of the case. Special Procedures for Handling Approvals Involving Support Payments It is necessary to have specified procedures for determining the amount of initial TANF benefits in giving consideration to the income from the support and the effective date on which the case may be set up as a IV-D case. This is because of the fact that support payments paid during the month