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When the hearing is requested because of issues relating to the TANF Work Program, the county must ensure that documents from the Case Manager (CM) and/or the Job Readiness Trainer are contained in the appropriate folder in the EA electronic case record or scanned to the Fair Hearing folder. If a hearing request is received by the Job Readiness Trainer, the county must be made aware of the request, which should be subsequently documented on CADM. Appropriate work program staff, case management, and eligibility staff will attend the hearing. The hearing decision can be found on the FHRE and Notice History (NOHS) screens in MAVERICS. For hearings involving the determination of incapacity to establish eligibility for TANF money payment or for a work program exemption, the medical and social information should be scanned to the Medical Review folder, with reference to these documents being made in the narrative summary on CADM. BASIS FOR DISMISSING HEARING REQUEST The department may deny or dismiss a request for a hearing only under the following circumstances: 1. The request is written by the claimant or his designated representative in writing, stating the reason. 2. The request for a hearing is made on the sole issue of State or Federal Law requiring automatic grant adjustments and the recipient does not make an individual appeal on incorrect computation of his grant. 3. The hearing is abandoned. This occurs when neither the claimant nor his representative appears at the time and place agreed upon for the hearing and has furnished no valid reason for inability to be present. MISSISSIPPI [ HEARING PROCESS: GENERAL INFORMATION ]

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