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Volume III | Chapter 14

14207 2. Any assistance unit of which a member of the overpaid assistance unit has subsequently become a member or 3. Any individual member of the overpaid assistance unit whether or not currently a recipient Unless a currently active assistance group chooses to make a cash settlement, or a court ordered repayment plan specifies another method of repayment, the overpayment shall be recouped from the TANF grant in monthly installments. If through recoupment, the amount of the TANF grant is reduced to zero, members of the assistance unit are still considered recipients of TANF and, as such, are subject to TWP requirements, TT and TCC benefits if otherwise eligible. In cases which have both an underpayment and overpayment, one may offset against the other in correcting the improper payment. Prompt recovery of an overpayment is required: • The county will IDentify and complete the claim within 80 days of discovery, sending the SIPV claim to the CMU in PEnded status. (AE and IHE claims are pended and approved in the county.) • The CMU will APprove (or DEny) the SIPV claim and forward active and closed cases with suspected fraud claims to the Fraud Investigations Unit. • The CMU and/or MAVERICS will notify the client and the county of the ACtive (or other) claim status and (1) allow the client to make a full cash repayment or other repayment plan, or (2) initiate recoupment from the TANF grant. OFFSETTING THE RECOUPMENT When an underpayment amount is to be issued for a TANF case, the amount of the underpayment will be used to offset the outstanding balance of a claim. If the claim amount is greater than the outstanding balance, then the entire amount will be applied to the balance of the claim. This does not apply to TWP supplemental payments.