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Page | 79 household if the 10 day adverse action time frame can be met.  Send the “Member claimed in two households” macro (or Spec C Notc) to the current household giving 10 days to respond. If no response, add the member to new household after the 10 day period.  If both households claim the same member, remove the member from the current household following 10 day adverse action time frames.  Send the “Member Removed” macro (or Spec C Notc) and do not add the member to the new case until the households resolve the member’s residence. Make the change when the two households agree to the member’s residence.

4500 APPLICATION CHANGES

Due to anticipated changes in household circumstances, a household may be eligible for the month of application, but then ineligible for the following month. If this occurs, approve the application for the application month, then close the case for the following month, using the appropriate source code.

Similarly, a household may be ineligible for the month of application, but eligible for the following month. Even though the household was denied in the month of application, the household will be approved the following month without being required to complete another application.

Changes which cannot be reasonably anticipated in regard to the date and/or amount must be handled as interim changes occurring after certification.

Changes reported after the interview but prior to the application approval must be acted on, regardless of whether the change is a decrease or increase. Changes reported after approvals are budgeted as interim changes. This includes information reported from the household as well as information from other sources such as new hire hits, IEVS, etc. The household is not required to report changes between the interview and approval of the application, other than if their income goes over 130% of FPL or if there is an ABAWD that stops working, but if the household reports a change prior to approval of the application, the Benefits Specialist must act on it.

4510 REAPPLICATION AFTER DENIAL

If the application has been denied and the household contacts DSS for reapplication or takes the required action no more than 60 days following the date the application was filed, the Benefits Specialist must use the original application. The household will not be required to file a new application to obtain benefits. The household is required to report changes which have occurred since the application was filed, preferably by updating the application on file, but if this is not possible, than the Benefits Specialist can update the 301 and initial the changes. The application date is the date the household contacts DSS for reapplication or if the case was denied because of failure to provide a required verification or failure to do take a required action, the application date is the date the verification is provided, or the required action was complete.

Example: Application received July 1, and the interview was completed July 7th. A change in income was reported July 15th.  Application still pending: The change must be verified and budgeted prior to July approval.  Application already approved: Budget the change as an interim change for August.