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7401 access to TANF funds from ATM or EBT devices located in certain locations. See Unauthorized TANF Transactions in this section.. See also the provision for a protective payee, Chapter 7, Protective and Vendor Payments. [ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION PROCESS PAYMENT

MISSISSIPPI PROCESS] Revised 07-01-19

Issuance of Benefits After the county office authorizes payment, the process is as follows. 1. Issuance of benefits is completed by the contractor utilizing the EPPIC system. The contractor is responsible for all issuance after receipt of eligibility information from Management Information Systems (MIS). Eligibility information will be sent to EPPIC on a daily and monthly basis. The monthly file for TANF will be sent at rollover. The daily file will contain initial applications, reinstatements, and any other benefit authorizations for the current or a previous month. It is the responsibility of the county office to complete case actions within a time frame that will allow households to participate in accordance with timeliness policies. Households must be advised of participation procedures and method of benefit delivery. 2. For other authorizations on the continuing-case payroll, benefits are issued monthly at “rollover”, which is the common terminology for the payroll deadline. Rollover occurs on the 23rd of the month unless the 23rd falls on a weekend or holiday, then rollover is the Friday before. At rollover, MAVERICS “rolls” into the next month, and the current system month changes. All cases with an authorized benefit at rollover will be copied exactly into the new month, with an authorized benefit at the same level as the previous month. This automatic creation of an authorized benefit is the reason it is not necessary to actually work every case each month. However, cases with changes must be completed by rollover or an incorrect benefit amount will be authorized for the following month, requiring either a corrective payment or claim.

EXAMPLE: November 23 occurs on a Sunday. The payroll deadline for December checks will be Friday, November 21, which is called “rollover”. All TANF cases requiring a change must be worked and authorized no later than close of business on November 21 because the December benefit will be transmitted that night. Any corrections must be handled through improper payments procedures once benefits are paid out. On Monday, November 24, when MAVERICS becomes available, all open cases with an authorized benefit for December will now have a CURRENT MONTH of January on CAP2 and work will