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- 17 plays a part in determining when eligibility begins for the new household member. Such an individual also has the responsibilities of an applicant, such as being subject to enumeration, child support and TANF Work requirements. An interview with the TANF payee is mandatory to add anyone to a TANF case. The TANF payee must complete the MDHS-EA-900 Supplement, requesting that an individual be added to the TANF money payment. This must occur before the worker completes the process in MAVERICS. Determine eligibility and dispose of the request by authorizing eligibility and sending a notice to the payee, if found eligible. If inclusion of the new individual with their resources and/or income causes ineligibility, terminate benefits for the next possible month and end a closure notice to the recipient. EXAMPLE: A recipient completes the 900 Supplement on November 17 to report that her 16 year old son has moved back home. An interview is scheduled for November 20. The current MAVERICS system month is December. The child should be added to the case effective for the month of December and eligibility determined ongoing with the new household member included. If eligible, the benefit should be adjusted for December. EXAMPLE: In the example above, the interview cannot be scheduled until November 22, after rollover to January has occurred. The child should be added to the case effective with the month of January and eligibility determined prospectively for January. If eligible, assistance will be continued and the benefit adjusted effective January 1. For Applicant Moving Out of County In instances when an application is submitted but disposition is not completed, and the household reports a move to another county, the first county must ensure that all documents related to the application are scanned to the appropriate electronic folder in Interwoven/Worksite. Once as many required transfer actions as possible have been completed (handling any claims, IEVS, or other alerts, changing the household’s address on ADDR, etc.) the first/transferring county must notify the new/receiving county of the transfer, send the A801 Transfer Between Counties notice and use the Case Record Control (CARC) screen in MAVERICS to send the case to the new county. The receiving county will be responsible for completing the eligibility process and notifying the household of the decision. Refer to Chapter 7, pages 7554-7558, regarding case procedures.

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