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TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF If the only child does not meet the above criteria other than not receiving SSI, the household does not meet TANF household eligibility requirements. 322.1 Unborn Due Date (EDC) Customers are required to report any change in circumstances for TANF cash no later than the fifth of the month following the month a change occurs. If the customer does not report the birth of an unborn child by the 5th of the month following the original “Expected Date of Confinement (EDC)” date entered on the Member Status BAP, and the agency has not received newborn information from another source, shorten the RD due date to correspond with the postpartum coverage. For example, if the EDC date on the Member Status BAP is between June 1st and June 30th, and the agency has not received verification of the newborn’s birth by July 5th , change the RD due date to August, and mail the appropriate form to the last known address. If the RD is received timely with all necessary verifications provided, complete the RD processing. If the RD is received timely, but necessary verifications were not provided, allow the customer 10 days to provide the requested verifications. If the necessary verifications are not provided, terminate assistance for non-cooperation due to an incomplete RD allowing for adverse action OR If the RD is not returned, close the case, allowing for adverse action, effective the last day of August (the expected end date of the postpartum period). In either case, AMPS requires a “Term Date” on the Member Status BAP. Use the original EDC date. 323 DEPENDENT CHILD A dependent child must: ● Be under age 18; or may be age 18, and regularly attend high school or high school level training full time, and is expected to graduate before or during the month of their nineteenth birthday; ● Be attending high school, an alternative educational/training program, or its equivalent when they are a minor parent (whose child is at least 12 weeks of age) and they have not successfully completed a high-school education or its equivalent; ● Live with a designated fictive kin caregiver or a relative caregiver who meets relationship requirements; ● Never have been married; In addition, to be considered eligible, the child must also: ● Meet citizenship requirements; and ● Not be receiving SSI. The household may be composed of a fictive kin, the parent(s) or relative caregiver of a child who receives SSI, federal, state or local foster care payments or adoption subsidy payments, even though the child may not be included for assistance. Division of Welfare and Supportive Services HOUSEHOLD DETERMINATION Eligibility and Payments Manual 322 CASH ELIGIBILITY FOR WOMEN IN THEIR SIXTH MONTH OF PREGNANCY MTL 05/24 Nov 24 A-322