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In addition to the ongoing monthly comparison of TANF payments with the current collection amount (up to the obligation) to determine the excess current payment amount, any unrecovered assistance payments (TANF and/or AFDC) from prior benefit months will also be recovered. Any remaining difference will be paid to the family as excess current . TANF recovery can also occur for unrecovered assistance payments after the TANF case closes. After TANF closure, the unrecovered TANF/AFDC amounts can be recovered from any child support collections in excess of current obligation amount.

Handling Cases with IV-A Overpayments When Child Support is Involved

When it is discovered a client received a IV-A overpayment, the worker will request from the IVD worker the amount of IV-A recovery for the month(s) of the overpayment. The IV-D worker can access this information via the PFIN screen in METSS. The IV-A worker will compare the amount of IV-A recovery to the amount for which the client was eligible for each month of overpayment. If the IV-A recovery amount is equal to or less than the amount for which the client was eligible, a TANF claim will be completed in MNCLMS for the total amount of the overpayment. If the IV-A recovery amount exceeds the amount to which the client was eligible, the excess amount will be deducted from the overpayment amount. This is accomplished by contacting the Claims Unit after the claim is prepared. A staff member of the Claims Unit will adjust the amount of the claim to reflect the IV-A recovery amount. The narrative section of the claim should be documented as to the amount of IV-A recovery verified by IV-D.

Example: A client received $170 TANF for March - August. At reevaluation, she reports she went to work April 1 and her earnings exceeded 185% of the need standard. She was not eligible for any of the earned income disregards, due to having previously received them. This change should have been reported by May 10th. Her TANF case would have been closed for June 1. There are overpayments of $170 for the months of June, July and August. During the course of preparing the claim, the IV-A worker contacts the IV-D worker who verifies IV-A recovery of $0 for June, $100 for July, and $120 for August. The amount the client was actually eligible to receive was $0, therefore the entire $170 is reported as an overpayment for the month of June. Since $100 of the $170 the client received in July was recovered by a child support collection, the actual overpayment to report is $70 for July. For the month of August the overpayment amount to report is $50, $120 of the $170 the client received was recovered. The total amount of the overpayment is $290 for June - August. MISSISSIPPI [ BUDGETARY PROCESS: SPECIAL BUDGETING PROCEDURES]

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