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(c) Written evidence that paternity has been proven in a judicial proceeding (divorce decree, child support order, etc.); (d) The subsequent marriage, ceremonial or common-law, of the alleged father to the mother and his acknowledgment that he is the father of the child; (e) Prior FI case file documentation of the mother’s statement of the child’s paternity; (f) Prior FI case file documentation of the alleged father’s acknowledgment of paternity; (g) Social Security Administration records showing that benefits are being paid on the alleged father’s account for the child; or (h) Court records showing the mother had, under oath, asserted the father’s identity, provided the court did not find the man not to be the father. S. Data Collection and Reporting. The Department will collect and submit to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services the data required in Section 411 of Public Law 104-193, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. HISTORY: Added by State Register Volume 19, Issue No. 5, eff May 26, 1995. Amended by State Register Volume 21, Issue No. 6, Part 2, eff June 27, 1997. 114–1140. Financial Criteria. A. Need Standard (1) The Department has a fully consolidated need standard and all needs are included in a flat amount per family size. (2) The FI need standard, by family size, is set by the Department at fifty percent of the current year’s ‘‘Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines for All States (except Alaska and Hawaii) and the District of Columbia.’’ The Department shall adjust the need standard annually after the State’s General Appropriation Act is passed and signed by the Governor. The standard will be uniformly applied throughout the State. (3) The Department does not meet full need as defined by its need standard; therefore, it uses a ratable reduction to control the amount of the benefit. The need standard, by family size, multiplied by the ratable reduction percentage determines the Department’s Payment Standard. The ratable reduction is set by the Department annually based on the amount of money appropriat- ed for FI benefits in the General Appropriations Act, also taking into account the anticipated number of FI recipients to whom benefits will be paid in the next State fiscal year. The Department may adjust the ratable reduction during the fiscal year if the anticipated number of recipients increases or decreases. The need standard, payment standard and ratable reduction are available at the Department’s State Office, Columbia, South Carolina. (4) The FI benefit will be rounded down to the next lower whole dollar when the result of determining the standard of need or the payment amount is not a whole dollar. Proration to determine the amount of payment for the month of application must occur before rounding to determine the payment amount for that month. (5) In the case of FI, no payment of assistance shall be made to an assistance unit in any month in which the amount of assistance prior to any adjustments is determined to be less than ten dollars. (6) An assistance unit that is denied assistance because of the limitation specified in (5) of this section or because the payment amount is determined to be zero as a result of rounding down the payment shall be deemed a recipient for all other purposes. (7) A month in which a recipient does not receive a cash benefit, regardless of the reason, does not count as a month against the time limit. B. No Benefit Increase for a Child Born Ten Months after Receipt of Family Independence Benefits. (1) In determining the size of the BG for eligibility and payment determination, there must be no increase in BG size due to a child born to an FI recipient ten or more months after the BG begins to receive FI. (a) This does not include a child born to a minor mother who is required to be in her mother’s BG.