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1. County Approved Training Extension ............................................................................................. 241 2. In Training Extension Procedures ................................................................................................... 241 3. Extensions Beyond Six Months ...................................................................................................... 242 4. In Training Completed..................................................................................................................... 242 5. Fully Cooperating Extension ........................................................................................................... 242 6. Declaration of Cooperation ............................................................................................................. 242 7. Fully Cooperating Procedures ........................................................................................................ 242 18.3 New Employment Individual Employment Plan ........................................................................... 243 1. Child Under Age One ...................................................................................................................... 243 2. Cooperation During Pregnancy ...................................................................................................... 243 3. Deauthorization ............................................................................................................................... 243 18.4 County Director Extension ............................................................................................................. 243 18.5 Extension Beyond 36 Months ........................................................................................................ 243 1. Monthly Review ............................................................................................................................... 243 2. CHIP Code ...................................................................................................................................... 243 18.6 Reapplication Due to Time Limit Exceptions ............................................................................... 244 18.7 Action When Exception to Time Limit Ends ................................................................................ 244 18.8 Domestic/Family Violence Waiver Criteria ................................................................................... 244 18.9 Relocation as Condition for Extension ......................................................................................... 245 1. Conditions of Relocation ................................................................................................................. 245 2. Relocation to Escape Domestic/Family Violence ........................................................................... 245 3. State Assistance ............................................................................................................................. 245 4. Good Cause Exemptions/Relocation .............................................................................................. 246 18.10 Failure to Cooperate After 24th Month ....................................................................................... 246 18.11 Code Changes ............................................................................................................................... 246 18.12 Ineligible after 24th Month for Other Reasons ........................................................................... 246 18.13 BG Requests Closure after 24th Month ...................................................................................... 247 18.14 Assessment Time Frame .............................................................................................................. 247 18.15 Case Record Review ..................................................................................................................... 247 1. Joint TANF /HS Cases ..................................................................................................................... 247 2. CWS Referral .................................................................................................................................. 247 3. Supervisory Review ........................................................................................................................ 248 4. Communication With HS ................................................................................................................. 248 5. Retention of Forms ......................................................................................................................... 248 18.16 Reapplication after 10-year time Period ..................................................................................... 248 1. Federal 60-Month Time Limit .......................................................................................................... 248 2. TANF Assistance ............................................................................................................................ 248 18.17 Federal Time Limit ........................................................................................................................ 248 CHAPTER 19 FAIR HEARINGS 251 19.1 Definition/Fair Hearings ................................................................................................................. 251 19.2 CM/ES Worker Responsibilities..................................................................................................... 251 19.3 TANF Supervisor Responsibilities ................................................................................................ 252 19.4 A/R Responsibilities ....................................................................................................................... 252 19.5 Fair Hearing Forms ......................................................................................................................... 253 1. Types of Hearings ............................................................................................................................ 253 2. Submitting Request to Appeals Unit ............................................................................................... 253 19.6 Fair Hearing Time Frames .............................................................................................................. 253 19.7 Continued Benefits ......................................................................................................................... 253 1. Other Changes ................................................................................................................................ 253 2. Recovery of Ineligible Benefits ....................................................................................................... 253 19.8 Denial Situations ............................................................................................................................. 253 19.9 Description of Fair Hearing Events/Basic Information ............................................................... 254 19.10 Applicable Evidence in a Fair Hearing ........................................................................................ 255