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MISSISSIPPI the individual. Technical Changes in Records These include changes such as change in percentage with no change in amount of TANF benefit. Notice is not given to the individual because the continuation or amount of TANF benefit is not affected.

06 LEGAL REQUIREMENTS The Social Security Act requires that provisions be made to establish a protective payee for the TANF benefit or a vendor payment as an alternative under the circumstances discussed below. Mismanagement of Funds Definition The designation of a protective payee is required when the payee consistently and deliberately mismanages family funds and the mismanagement is found to be affecting the physical and emotional well-being of the child(ren). This includes the inability to manage money and refusal to accept help in learning how to budget and use money over a period of time with the assistance of some interested individual. Examples of evidence of mismanagement include: 1. Continued failure to plan expenditures so as to spread the available income over the period, keeping in mind the amount of the TANF benefit and other income. 2. Continued immature, compulsive, indiscreet, or other unwise spending which deprives the children of the necessities for daily living. 3. Repeated abuse of credit, which results in garnishment of other income, repossession of items purchased on time, continued refinancing of loans, and the like.

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