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9.8 Notification Requirements: The section has been updated to add entry “E,” which specifies that a recipient must be notified if there is a change in the manner or form of payment to a protective payment. In addition, the “Caution” has been removed from entry “A.”

9.8(1) Notification Requirements (Timely Notice): This section has been updated to reflect current procedures. In addition, Section B, Timely Notice Exceptions, and Section C, Checks Routed to Office, have been removed.

9.8(2) Notification Requirements (Adequate Notice): This section has been updated to reflect current procedures. Also, entry “11” has been added to Section B “Adequate Notice Situations,” which includes an additional situation where the Benefit Group (BG) must be notified of the reduction or termination of cash benefits.

10.1 Federal Requirement: This section has been renamed “Types of Time Limits” and has been rewritten for clarity. In addition, the “NOTE” previously in section 10.1(4) Federal Requirement (Benefits Received in Another State) pertaining to counting a family’s months has been added as an entry to this section.

10.1(3) Federal Requirement (Federal Time Limit): This section has been changed to section 10.2 Federal Time Limit. Subsequent sections have been renumbered. In addition, the information previously in entry “D” of section 10.1((3) pertaining to months received as a dependent child has been added as a “NOTE in section 10.1.

10.1(4) Federal Requirement (Benefits Received in Another State): This section is now included in section 10.4 Benefits Received in Another State.

10.1(5) Federal Requirement (Time Limit Exceptions): This section has been renamed “State Time Limit Exceptions” and is now included in 10.3 State Time Limit.

10.1(6) Federal Requirement (Federal Hardship Extensions): This section has been renamed “Federal Hardship Exceptions” and is now included in section 10.2 Federal Time Limit.

10.3 State Time Limit: This section has been added to provide information on the State Time Limit. In addition, section 10.1(2) Federal Requirement (State Time Limit) has been removed and information previously in this section is now included in section 10.3.

10.3 State Time Limit (State Time Limit Exceptions): This section has been updated to add entry ‘H,” which specifies that an adult TANF member involved in an approved training program may receive up to a six-month extension of benefits.