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(MRG) UPDATED: JUNE 2010 16 CATEGORICAL FACTORS ADC-RELATED DEPRIVATION OF PARENTAL SUPPORT OR CARE Deprivation is established for at least one dependent child, in a household, for the caretaker relative to be ADC-related. When a child is no longer deprived of parental support/care, s/he and his/her caretaker relative remain categorically eligible for ADC-related Medicaid until the end of the third month following the month in which the deprivation ended. This is a categorical extension only. The family must continue to meet all other ADC-related eligibility requirements (See CATEGORICAL FACTORS ADC-RELATED). These additional three (3) months of ADC-related categorical eligibility are provided while the household is overcoming the effects of deprivation. When to Verify: When the A/R indicates the presence of a child in the household and that the child is deprived of parental support and/or care due to the absence, incapacity, death or a two-parent household with a designated principal wage earner. NOTE: The A/R’s statement of his/her relationship to the child which may or may not indicate a deprivation factor is acceptable unless there is a reason to doubt the validity of the relationship. A signed application indicating the relationship and deprivation factor is generally the only verification required. When the relationship or deprivation factor is questionable other verification is necessary.