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[ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION PROCESS: MISSISSIPPI CERTIFICATION AND AUTHORIZATION]

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time or in an earlier termination of benefits. 2. If either parent in TANF is incapacitated, use the three months to prepare a social information report, obtain medical information, and secure a decision from the Medical Review Unit. If the decision is that the parent is incapacitated, continue the benefit. 3. On the first day of the last month of eligibility, send notice A409 to history in MAVERICS to close the case. Do not release the notice to the individual. Be sure that the current month on the Case Profile (CAP2) is equal to the effective month of closure. Exceptions to Advance Notice of Closure The following types of action do not require advance notice: 1. Change in status or procedural changes, such as transfer between counties, or protective payee, etc. These are actions to discontinue assistance in one form and to continue it in another, and the worker should use the change notice. Refer to Volume X, Chapter 4. 2. The department has factual information confirming the death of the TANF child in a one child case, a refugee case with only one in the budget, or the TANF payee when there is no relative available to serve as new payee so that the emergency payment procedure cannot be used. Refer to Chapter 3, Emergency Situations, for the discussion of emergency payment procedures. 3. The individual has signed a clear written statement that he no longer wishes assistance or agrees to the termination of benefits. See Exceptions to Notice of Decrease - Item No. 2 earlier in this chapter, for a full discussion of written statements from individuals. 4. The payee, TANF child in a one child case, or other recipient has been committed to a mental or other custodial institution such as a state prison or county or city penal institution. 5. The individual's whereabouts are unknown and agency mail to the payee has been returned by the post office indicating no known forwarding address. However, the benefit must be available if the individual's whereabouts become known and he/they are otherwise eligible. See directly below for the procedures to use when a case is closed in error. 6. The only child in a TANF grant has been removed from the home as a result of judicial determination or voluntarily placed in foster care by his legal guardian.