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[ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION PROCESS:

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MISSISSIPPI 1. When the county or state office has taken action improperly to reduce, withhold or terminate a TANF benefit or to reject an application. The underpayment amount, once authorized, may be used to reduce the balance of the approved claim rather than being paid to the individual.

Volume III Chapter 7 06 2. When the county or state action was taken according to facts available at the time the action was taken but further information, presented within 10 days of the mailing of the notice of action, shows that the TANF benefit should have been initiated at a prior time or the amount of the TANF benefit increased. 3. When the county office has failed to authorize assistance as described below. 4. Even when the monthly amount of the corrective or retroactive payment is less than $5. Each of these types of corrective action is described in more detail below. Time Period for Action The following policy will govern the time for which corrective and retroactive payment will be issued. 1. No retroactive TANF benefit will be issued for a month prior to that for which eligibility was established. Corrective action will not be taken for a month prior to that in which the change occurred that resulted in the incorrect action. That is, correction will be made back to the month in which the individual's eligibility changed and his assistance was improperly reduced, terminated or withheld, or his application was denied. There is no minimum applied to the amount of the TANF benefit to be issued. MISSISSIPPI

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