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Payment information about the Relative Maintenance Support Payment will be provided to the customer in the Relative/Kinship Care Support Maintenance Payment Notice of Action at initial application, reapplication, and in conjunction with changes, and at renewal.

When taking action to terminate Relative Maintenance Support Payment cases, an Adequate Notice of Action will be sufficient. The notice must be received no later than the effective date of the action and include a written statement of what action the agency intends to take and the reason for the action.

Applicants/Recipients of Relative Maintenance Support Payments will not be eligible for Diversionary Assistance, Emergency Assistance or VTP. Additionally, recipients of Relative Maintenance Support Payments will not be subject to the 60-month limit on the receipt of benefits. However, when the appropriated funding for Relative Maintenance Support Payments is exhausted, the payment will end.

Applicants/Recipients of Relative Maintenance Support Payments will be required to report address changes when an eligible individual leaves the home and when a parent of an eligible individual enters the home. These changes must be reported within 10 days, but no later than the 10th day of the month after the change occurs. The Relative Maintenance Verification Form advises the applicant/recipient of his obligation to report changes and the penalties for not doing so.

Eligibility for Relative Maintenance Support Payments recipients must be redetermined every 12 months. A TANF Renewal Notification and Renewal Application will be sent to all assistance units within the same manner as TANF recipients as outlined in Section 401.3.B. The recipient will only be required to complete Section A (Your Contact Information, Household Composition), Voter Registration, and Signatures. If applying for other programs, all applicable sections will have to be completed. The renewal application must be signed and dated to be considered valid. An interview is not required to process the renewal application. Eligibility determinations will be based on the information declared on the renewal application.

If a renewal application is not submitted or evaluated by the last day of the renewal month, assistance will stop. An assistance unit may not receive benefits beyond the renewal month. The VaCMS will automatically stop the issuance of benefits. The case will remain in an approved status until the end of the month following the renewal month or when action is taken on the submitted renewal application, whichever comes first.

When a recipient of Relative Maintenance Support Payments moves from one locality to live in another within the state and there is no other change in his circumstances which would render him ineligible, he is entitled to receive assistance without a break.

TANF Transmittal 77