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_____________________________________________________________________________ Volume 59 | August 1, 2022 (Cont’d) ______________________________________________________________________________ Titles of forms have been updated throughout the manual to reflect the current titles.

The word “Renewal” has been replaced with “Recertification” throughout the manual.

The “Reference Guides” found in section 12.7 Young Parent Programs and 13.12(8) Referrals/Need for Additional Services (Referrals for Pregnant and Parenting Adolescents) have been moved. They can be found here: Reference Guides

_____________________________________________________________________________ Volume 60 | October 1, 2022 ______________________________________________________________________________ 1.4(3) Limited English and Sensory Impaired Individuals (Client History Information Profile (CHIP) Coding): This section has been updated to include the code for languages “AR- Arabic” and “UK-Ukrainian.”

1.4(4) Limited English and Sensory Impaired Individuals (Use of Interpreters): This section has been updated to change the “Policy and Procedures Guide for Services to Person with Limited English Proficiency or Sensory Impairment” to “Civil Rights Toolkit.”

2.2 Special Application Situations (Limited English Proficiency Applicants): This section has been updated to include the code for languages “AR-Arabic” and “UK-Ukrainian.”

3.4 Living with Relatives: The section has been renamed “Relationships” and has been updated to clarify that a dependent child must be related by blood, marriage or adoption within the fifth degree of kinship.

3.7(1) Temporary Absence (Time Frame for Reporting Permanent Absence): This section has been updated to specify that a recipient must notify DSS within 10 days if a BG member does not return home after temporarily living away.

3.8(1) Temporary Absence Due to Institutionalization (Youth Services or Correctional Facility): This section has been renamed “Public Institutions” and has been updated to specify that public institutions include juvenile detention facilities and correctional institutions.

3.8(2) Temporary Absence Due to Institutionalization (Medical/Residential/Group Home Facilities): This section has been renamed “Medical or Mental Institutions” and has been updated to provide examples of medical and mental institutions.

3.8(3) Temporary Absence Due to Institutionalization (Admitted With Child(ren): This section has been renamed “Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facilities” and has been updated to specify that individuals admitted to alcohol or substance abuse treatment facilities are eligible for TANF the