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Overpayment Occurring After Authorization When the overpayment occurs as a result of a change, the worker will first determine if the change was reported timely or untimely. If the assistance unit failed to timely report a change, the first month of the claim will be the first month in which the change would have been effective had it been timely reported. EXAMPLE: The head of household began a new job in July. The income received in July exceeded the household=s income limit. This change was not reported until the recertification interview November 5th. Since the change should have been reported by August 10th and action taken for September, the first month of the claim would be September. If the assistance unit reported a change timely, but the county failed to act on the reported change timely, the first month of the claim will be the first month the county should have made the change effective. EXAMPLE: On August 1 the individual reported that her 17-year-old son moved out of the home on July 28th to live with his older brother and work. The EW failed to remove the son from the case. The error was discovered in case review on December 7th by the Supervisor. The first month of the claim would be September. EXAMPLE: A child turns 18 on March 10th which made him ineligible April 1st. The worker fails to take action timely and the child is not removed until June. The first month of the claim would be April. DETERMINING THE CLAIM AMOUNT After determining the first month of the claim, the county will determine the correct amount of TANF benefits that should have been received for each month of the claim. When determining the amount of TANF benefits that the assistance unit should have received each month, the county will work each month based on the information that was reported at the time and the information that the claim is based on. New information, such as child care, that was not reported and verified at the time will not be considered in working the claim. When the correct information is entered in MNCLMS and the budgets worked for the months included in the claim, the benefit amount the assistance unit actually received and should have received will be calculated by MNCLMS. This can be viewed on AFPD. The difference between the benefits the household received and the benefits it should have received is the overpayment amount and will be displayed on AFSU (AFDC summary screen).

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MISSISSIPPI [ CLAIMS: PREPARING THE CLAIM ]

Revised 09 - 01 - 10