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[TANF WORK PROGRAM PAYMENT PROCESS: SUPPORTIVE SERVICES]

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may authorize a full payment ($240) for the benefit month of August. However, the case manager may choose to authorize a partial payment ($120) prior to August 1 (in advance) and a second partial payment ($120) on August 17 (after the participant reports to the work assignment) for a total of $240 for the benefit month of August. Refer to the chart on page 10033 for the “F-full” and “P-partial” payment amounts for each total scheduled hours range. NOTE: Issuing partial payments will require the case manager to develop a system and set tickler(s) to ensure stipends are authorized timely. All prorated benefits should be available to the participant within the benefit month, if possible. Improper Payments (Active TANF Cases) Improper payment claims (overpayments and underpayments) for TWP participants will be established, documented and added into JAWS by the case manager. Individuals submitting attendance verification and requesting payment for a month which the authorization period has ended will not receive an underpayment for that month. The case manager will timely conciliate TWP participants when they fail to submit attendance verification according to timeliness standards outlined in policy. Refer to Chapter 9, Component Monitoring/Attendance Reporting, Chapter 10, Improper Payments, and Chapter 11, Conciliation, for further information. EXAMPLE: A TWP participant whose six-month projection period is October through March will be required to provide all check stubs received during the month of March no later than April 10. If continued employment verification is provided on or after May 1, the individual is not eligible for a work stipend payment for the benefit month of April. Underpayments JAWS will not allow a transportation underpayment record to be added if a transportation record does not exist for the month of the underpayment. If a transportation record does not exist for the benefit month for which the underpayment is being requested, the case manager supervisor or the regional director must access the Transportation Underpayment Override (TUOR) screen to process the underpayment, if otherwise eligible. The TUOR screen will also be used to process a transportation underpayment when the total scheduled hours range changed from the original range entered on MTRE. (A transportation record does not exist for the correct total scheduled hours range.)