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TANF MANUAL SECTION 305 DETERMINATION OF SSA APPENDIX 4 QUALIFYING QUARTERS 11/10 Page 2

Information received through SVES will not report earnings for the current year nor possibly the last year's earnings. The alien must provide verification of earnings through pay stubs, W-2 forms, tax records, employer records, or other documents, if the quarters of this period is needed to determine if the sponsor's obligation must continue or is terminated.

If the alien believes the information from SSA is inaccurate or incomplete, beyond the current two-year lag period, the alien must be advised to provide the verification to SSA to correct the inaccurate income records.

In evaluating the verification received directly from the alien or through SVES, the EW must exclude any quarter, beginning January 1997, in which the person who earned the quarter received benefits from TANF, SSI, Medicaid, SNAP or the food assistance block grant program in Puerto Rico.

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