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Revised 07-01-19

CHANGE REPORTING Time Frame for Reporting Changes Effective January 1, 2018, Mississippi began the transition to Change Reporting for all TANF households. Under Change Reporting requirements, all households must report the following changes within 10 days of the date the change becomes known to the household: • Residence and resulting shelter costs; • Legal child support obligation; • Change of more than $100 in the amount of unearned income; • Change of more than $100 in monthly earned income from the amount used to calculate the household’s benefit amount; • Change in the source of income (example: change in employment), if it results in a change in income. • Change in liquid resources, such as case, stocks, bonds and bank accounts that meets or exceeds the household’s limit.

Additionally, TANF households must report the following changes

NOTE: Mandatory TWP clients and Exempt TWP clients have different timely reporting requirements. See Chapter 6 for details. 1. When the household’s total gross monthly income, earned and unearned, meets or exceeds 185% of the need standard for the household size at the time of their current review period. Disqualified household members will not be included in the household size when determining if the household income meets or exceeds 185% of the need standard. This change MUST be reported by the 10th of the month following the month in which the change occurred. If the 10th day falls on a holiday or weekend, the client has until the next business day to report the change. 2. When it becomes clear that a TANF child will be out of the home for more than 30 days, the parent/caretaker must report this within 5 days. Failure to report this absence within the required 5 days will result in disqualification for the person who fails to report timely. 3. When the entire household or the grantee relative moves out of state. This must be reported within 5 days.

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