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[TANF WORK PROGRAM PAYMENT Volume III | Chapter 10

10037 PROCESS: SUPPORTIVE SERVICES]

Revised 02-01-11

Individuals who fail to submit attendance verification timely and request payment for a month which the authorization period has ended will not receive payment for that month. The Select Transportation Record to Authorize (STSL) and the Select Bus Pass (SBPL) screens in JAWS display participants assigned to a particular case manager who may be eligible for a work stipend or a bus pass. The case manager will review the “Last Month Authorized” field on these screens to determine whether benefits should be authorized. Supervisors will use these screens for monitoring purposes. The List Transportation Stipends by Client (LTSR) and List Bus Pass by Client (LBPR) screens display stipends and bus passes authorized for the participant. The LTSR screen a date in the date paid field if the stipend has been paid. The case manager will review the LTSR screen to determine whether an authorized stipend should be deleted or the stipend amount changed prior to being paid. The LBPR screen must be reviewed to determine whether a bus pass for the current calendar month or the following month should be deleted or the number of bus passes and children changed. Work stipend payments for a future month, which are authorized on the 10th through the 23rd of the current calendar month, may be changed or deleted through the close of business on the 23rd day of the current calendar month. Payments for a future month authorized on the 24th through the last working day of the current calendar month may be changed or deleted through the close of business on the last calendar day of the current month. The LTSR screen will display a “Y” in the authorization indicator field if the stipend has not been paid and can be updated. Work stipends must be authorized prior to the close of business on the last working day of the benefit month. Stipends not authorized timely must be processed as an improper payment (underpayment). Payments The case manager supervisor is responsible for processing payments to public transit providers. Provider payments are issued through the invoice process and made directly to the provider/vendor. There is a payment cycle each Friday for providers and payments are issued centrally by the Division of Budgets and Accounting. A history of provider payments is maintained by JAWS and can be viewed via the Check History Inquiry (ICHI) screen. Work stipend payments (TWP and TT) are made directly to the participant and posted to the participant’s Mississippi Debit MasterCard account. Work stipends authorized for the current