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Payment adjustments necessary to conform with the standard of assistance in effect in the locality to which the recipient has moved must be made effective for the month following the recipient's move. If the adjustment results in a decrease or termination of assistance, timely notice must be given to the client. It is the responsibility of the transferring locality to give timely notice.

C. Receiving Agency Responsibility

The receiving locality is responsible for completing a desk review within 5 working days of receiving the case and acknowledging receipt to the transferring agency using the Case Record Transfer form.

1. For an on-going TANF case, the desk review must verify the following:

• the presence of an eligible child in the home

• new employment earnings

Additionally, if the client is a VIEW participant, any change that might impact VIEW participation, including changes in employment, education/training, or child care, must be reviewed.

2. For an open VTP case, the EW must determine if the client continues to meet all of the eligibility requirements to continue to receive the VTP.

The receiving agency must impact these changes, affecting eligibility or payment for the first of the month following the month in which the transferring locality specifies as the last month they will make payment. This is the payment month for which the receiving locality will assume responsibility for the accuracy of the payment.

If the receiving locality determines that the case is no longer eligible, or is eligible for payments in an amount less than the prior payment, the receiving agency is responsible for sending the Advance Notice of Proposed Action (ANPA) to the client. If the case is a VTP case and the client is no longer eligible to receive the payment, the receiving agency is not required to send an ANPA. In these instances, the EW will send the client a Notice of Action stating that the VTP will end.

There are no circumstances under which it is permissible for the receiving locality to return the case to the transferring locality (other than if the recipient subsequently moving back to the original locality).

TANF Transmittal 65