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17.6 DAODAS Treatment ........................................................................................................................ 228 17.7 Case Management Procedures during Failure to Comply .......................................................... 228 1. Definition/ Good Cause ................................................................................................................... 228 2. Examples of Good Cause ............................................................................................................... 228 3. Quit – Personal Reasons ................................................................................................................ 229 4. Quit – Employment Reasons .......................................................................................................... 229 5. Conciliation Definition ..................................................................................................................... 230 6. Initiation of Conciliation Process ..................................................................................................... 230 7. Time Period ..................................................................................................................................... 230 8. Scheduling the Conciliation Appointment ....................................................................................... 230 9. Notification ...................................................................................................................................... 231 10. Good Cause/Conciliation Form ..................................................................................................... 231 11. Ending the Conciliation ................................................................................................................. 231 17.8 Actions Following Good Cause/Conciliation Process ................................................................ 231 1. Good Cause Exists ......................................................................................................................... 232 2. Conciliation Agreement ................................................................................................................... 232 3. No Agreement - Conciliation Failed ................................................................................................ 232 4. Updating the Individual Employment Plan (IEP) ............................................................................. 232 5. Duration of Conciliation ................................................................................................................... 232 17.9 Sanction Process ............................................................................................................................ 233 1. Case Review Prior to Sanction ....................................................................................................... 233 2. CWS Involvement ........................................................................................................................... 233 3. Staffing ............................................................................................................................................ 233 4. Staffing Participants ........................................................................................................................ 234 5. Supervisory Responsibilities ........................................................................................................... 234 6. Supervisor Sign-Off ......................................................................................................................... 234 7. County Director Sign-Off ................................................................................................................. 234 8. Follow-Up Procedures .................................................................................................................... 234 9. Individual Sanction Actions ............................................................................................................. 234 10. Individual Sanction Notification ..................................................................................................... 235 11. Notification of Full Family Sanction ............................................................................................... 235 12. Time Periods ................................................................................................................................. 235 17.10 Request Hearing and Continued Benefits .................................................................................. 236 17.11 Exception ....................................................................................................................................... 236 17.12 TANF Sanction on SNAP Benefits .............................................................................................. 236 17.13 Reapplication to Cure Sanction................................................................................................... 236 1. Compliance Requirements ............................................................................................................. 237 2. Failure to Cure ................................................................................................................................ 237 3. Full Family Sanctioned Adult Moves into BG ................................................................................. 237 17.14 Restoration of Benefits ................................................................................................................ 237 1. Procedure to Restore Benefits ........................................................................................................ 238 2. Removing “RB" or "SA FI" income from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) ..... 238 3. Compliance Begins Prior to Sanction Month .................................................................................. 238 4. Good Cause .................................................................................................................................... 238 17.15 Reapplication to Cure Sanction/Earnings Exceed Limit ........................................................... 238 1. CHIP Procedures ............................................................................................................................ 238 2. Transitional Child Care Referral (TCC) ........................................................................................... 239 17.16 Change in Circumstances/ Reapplication For TANF ................................................................ 239 CHAPTER 18 STATE AND FEDERAL TIME LIMITS 240 18.1 State Time Limit .............................................................................................................................. 240 1. Twenty Second Month Staffing ........................................................................................................ 240 2. Second Appointment....................................................................................................................... 240 18.2 Meet Exception During Extension ................................................................................................. 241