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Evidence – court, medical, criminal, child protective services, social

services, psychological, or law enforcement records, statements from

mental health professionals and sworn statements from other individuals

with knowledge of the circumstances, which indicate the non-custodial

parent(s) might inflict physical or emotional harm on the child or caregiver.

If there is no such evidence, obtain the client’s statement for a social

worker referral by CSEP.

After evaluating the evidence, CSEP will issue Form 2486-EE, Notice of Good Cause Decision to the client and forward a copy to the case manager.

The decision will indicate if the caregiver:

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 has good cause for not cooperating and child support location/enforcement efforts will not be started or continued; or does not have good cause for not cooperating, child support

locate/enforcement efforts will be started or continued. 1620 APPLICATION PROCESSING, COOPERATION AND REFERRALS

1620.1 Case Manager Responsibilities Case managers must:

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explain to TANF/NEON, Child-Only caregivers of their responsibilities, at the application interview and after approval, as needed.

determine if the caregiver’s previous application for TANF/NEON or Child- Only benefits indicates the caregiver was in non-cooperation with CSEP. If the caregiver was in non-cooperation, the non-cooperation issue(s) must be resolved prior to approval of cash benefits;

deny or terminate benefits when a caregiver indicates non-cooperation on the application, at the redetermination (RD), or fails to return the (NCP) Form 2906 for any child;

obtain as much information as possible from the caregiver about the non- custodial parent(s) (NCP) by requesting they complete a Non-Custodial Parent (NCP) form, 2906-EG for all absent parents. If a parent is deceased, provide CSEP with the death certificate, if available, the names of the children of the deceased parent and as much identifying information

as possible;

A-1611.2 CHILD SUPPORT Good Cause Claim and Acceptable Evidence Division of Welfare and Supportive Services Eligibility and Payments Manual

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