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Manual Title Chapter Page Revision Date Virginia Medical Assistance Eligibility M03 January 2023 Subchapter Subject Page ending with Page M0330.000 FAMILIES & CHILDREN GROUPS M0330.100 2

M0330.100 FAMILIES & CHILDREN CATEGORICALLY NEEDY

A. Introduction

An F&C individual must be a child under age 19 or must meet the adoption assistance, dependent child, foster care, parent or caretaker-relative of a dependent child living in the home, pregnant woman, or BCCPTA definition, or must have applied for Plan First.

The F&C covered groups are divided into the categorically needy (CN) and medically needy (MN) classifications. Always evaluate eligibility in the categorically needy groups and FAMIS before moving to MN. B. Procedure

The policy and procedures for determining whether an individual meets an F&C CN covered group are contained in the following sections:

M0330.100 Families & Children Categorically Needy Groups M0330.105 IV-E Foster Care & IV-E Adoption Assistance; M0330.107 Individuals Under Age 21; M0330.108 Adoption Assistance Children With Special Needs for Medical or Rehabilitative Care; M0330.109 Former Foster Care Children Under Age 26 Years M0330.200 Low Income Families With Children;