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MISSISSIPPI

BUDGETARY PROCESS: SPECIAL BUDGETING PROCEDURES

Revised 07-01-0610-01-21

in which the application is being approved may have already been paid directly to the individual before a decision is reached on the application. Passed-through child support will not be counted in the TANF budget. The passed through child support will be disregarded in determining the TANF budget.

1. Budget child support received as countable income in the TANF budget. This income will be entered on UNIN using the CR income type code. The Child Support income should be counted in the TANF budget until the case is converted to IV-D. 2. When the applicant is found eligible in the current month for benefits in that month set up the case as a IV-D case effective the first day of the following month. For example, if the applicant is eligible for August TANF benefits, in most cases the caretaker relative will have already received the child support payment for August. Authorize the TANF benefit for August based on the same income used in the 100% test budget which includes the countable support obligation. August will be the initial benefit month. Set up the case as a IV-D collection case for September. The income code on UNIN should be changed from CR to CA, which the system will use only to test the case for eligibility. 3. The referral to Child Support will be made with the approval of the TANF case with September as the first IV-D month. Any collections made in September will be recovered by IV-D and only the excess will be paid to the recipient. That excess, if any, paid to the recipient will not be used in the TANF budget unless it can be reasonably anticipated to continue during the review period. The part of the income received by the client should be coded as CR and the balance of the collection amount as CA in order for the system to properly test eligibility. Budgeting Support in Active Cases The Child Support collections made on behalf of a TANF family AU with an active case will be used to test eligibility.except the portion of child support that is passed through to the AU. If eligible, only the excess current paid directly to the family AU will be entered in the budget as