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PROTECTIVE PAYEE

SELECTION OF A PROTECTIVE PAYEE The payee may be a relative, friend, neighbor, or member of a community service group and must be either geographically close to the ADC recipient or have means of transportation for frequent contact with the ADC recipient. RESPONSIBILITIES OF PAYEE • Paying maintenance needs from the ADC grant (i.e., rent, utilities, food, clothing, etc.); • Explaining to the ADC recipient how the grant will be spent; • Keeping records of payments received and disbursements of funds; and • Treating confidentially all personal information concerning the ADC recipient family. EVIDENCE OF MISMANAGEMENT • Continued inability to plan and spread necessary expenditures over the usual assistance planning period; • Continued evidence that the children are not properly fed or clothed and that expenditures for them are made in a way that threatens their chances for healthy growth and development; • Persistent and deliberate failure to meet obligations for rent, food, school supplies, and other essentials; or • Repeated evictions or incurrence of debts with attachments or levies made against current income. TIME LIMIT Mismanagement cases must not remain on regular protective payment status for more than two years.

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PROTECTIVE PAYEE

SELECTION OF A PROTECTIVE PAYEE The payee may be a relative, friend, neighbor, or member of a community service group and must be either geographically close to the ADC recipient or have means of transportation for frequent contact with the ADC recipient. RESPONSIBILITIES OF PAYEE • Paying maintenance needs from the ADC grant (i.e., rent, utilities, food, clothing, etc.); • Explaining to the ADC recipient how the grant will be spent; • Keeping records of payments received and disbursements of funds; and • Treating confidentially all personal information concerning the ADC recipient family. EVIDENCE OF MISMANAGEMENT • Continued inability to plan and spread necessary expenditures over the usual assistance planning period; • Continued evidence that the children are not properly fed or clothed and that expenditures for them are made in a way that threatens their chances for healthy growth and development; • Persistent and deliberate failure to meet obligations for rent, food, school supplies, and other essentials; or • Repeated evictions or incurrence of debts with attachments or levies made against current income. TIME LIMIT Mismanagement cases must not remain on regular protective payment status for more than two years.