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Volume 29 | 12.01.2010 ______________________________________________________________________________ Manual Section 2.3.1A has been revised to add telephone interviews.

Manual Section 2.3.2V has been revised to add the form number (DSS 1320) for the Basic Learning Disability screening.

Manual Section 2.4.4 has been revised to change references to ESC (Employment Security Commission) to DEW (Department of Employment and Workforce).

Manual Section 3.6.2 has been revised in the chart section regarding adoptive children returning to the home of the biological parent, to add a Caution Note that once a child has been adopted, relationships to all blood relatives are severed, along with the birth parents.

Manual Sections 7.3, 7.3.4, and 7.7 have been revised to change ESC to DEW, and Employment Security Commission to Department of Employment and Workforce.

Manual Section 7.2.2B has been revised to remove “face-to-face”.

The chart in Manual Section 8.15 and 19.18 (Need Standard Table) has been revised to change the effective date to October 2010. The benefit amounts have not changed.

Manual Section 9.4 has been revised to remove the term “face to face”.

Manual Sections 10.1.5, 10.6.2, 12.3, and 15.2 have all been changed to add that the medical incapacity is subject to reevaluation at intervals that are specific to each recipient’s circumstances, at a minimum at annual redetermination.

Manual Section 10.5 has been changed to change the contact information for Louisiana Department of Social Services and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services.

Manual Section 16.2 has been revised to replace SCESC with SCDEW.

Manual Sections 19.15.4 and 19.15.5 have been changed to state that if the former FI recipient becomes employed after case closure due to time limits, the TCC eligibility period begins the month the FI closes due to time limits, rather than the month the client becomes employed.

Manual Section 19.16.1 has been revised to delete and add some changes which must be reported for support services. This has subsequently led to a re-lettering of the changes listed.