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_____________________________________________________________________________ Volume 46 | 01.01.18 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 1.5 Confidentiality and Program Compliance (4) (G) Disclosing Confidential Information: This section has been revised to update the disclosure language pertaining to the third-party rule.

7.6 State Director of New Hires: This section has been revised to update the Child Support New Hire (CSNH) screen to New Hires Inquiry Screen (NEHI).

7.7 Sources of Income: This section has been updated to clarify that Veterans Benefits are excluded when used for educational purposes to cover the costs of tuition and mandatory fees. In addition, the lists of verification associated with Educational Income has been removed from the Sources of Income chart.

16.1 Employment (EMPL) (4) Subsidized Employment – Sponsored Employment Program (SEP): This section has been removed since SCDSS does not have a contract to offer the Sponsored Employment Program (SEP). Manual Sections and Pages have been renumbered subsequently.

24.4 RCA/TANF Relationship: This section has been updated to include information that the Refugee Cash Program (RCA) must be consistent with TANF Program when determining initial and ongoing eligibility and benefit amounts.

26.2 State CARES Program: This section has been updated to replace the term mental retardation to intellectual disability to reflect the widespread adoption of this term by Congress, government agencies, and various public and private organizations.

Section 21.6 Subsidized Employment, Sponsored Employment Program (SEP): This section has been removed since SCDSS does not have a contract to offer the Sponsored Employment Program (SEP). _____________________________________________________________________________________ Volume 47 | 08.01.18 _____________________________________________________________________________________ 1.5 (6) Confidentiality and Program Compliance (Conflict of Interest): This section has been updated to change the title from Actions on Cases of Relatives to Conflicts of Interest, and to clarify that an Economic Services worker cannot take action on his/her own case and the cases of relatives, friends, co-workers, known associates and people in which the worker has a conflict of interest.

2.1 (14) General Application Process (ES Interview): This section has been revised to reflect that the applicant or recipient may be represented at the interview by an individual of his/her choice.

3.1 Benefit Group Definition: This section has been updated to reflect that same sex marriages are now legal in all 50 states, based on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling of June, 2015.