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If new support is reported at renewal, the EW will determine if an overpayment exists for any previous month.

4. An overpayment will exist when a TANF recipient fails to report at the time of renewal the receipt of new support.

5. If the TANF recipient continues to fail to redirect support to DCSE after a renewal has been completed and the receipt of new support discovered, the EW will impose the DCSE non-cooperation penalty and count the support as unearned income. Additionally, the $100 disregard will not be allowed on this income. These policies will be applicable whether an overpayment has been established or not.

J. Calculating a VIEW Overpayment - A VIEW overpayment occurs when a VIEW participant is found to have committed an IPV for receiving a payment or purchase on his behalf which is an amount greater than what he is eligible for or for which he is ineligible.

The worker must determine if the participant is still eligible for services and determine the correct cost of the services that the participant would continue to receive. The case record must be documented with information to support the establishment of the claim or the reason for not establishing the claim.

Example: The agency gives the client a $50 voucher for work clothing. The client changes the amount to $500 and the vendor honors the voucher. There is an overpayment of $450.

K. Determination of When the Overpayment Began - The agency is to determine when the overpayment began and secure all verifications necessary to calculate the overpayment. The worker is to use the best available evidence including, but not limited to:

a. past and existing vouchers from vendors that were paid in the period that the overpayment occurred,

b. the history of payments for supportive or transitional services that were paid for by the local agency in the period that the overpayment occurred and,

c. the amount calculated starting 10 days from when the client had knowledge of the information.

When calculating the overpayment amount the worker is not to include any amounts that the individual paid toward services that were provided in the period the VIEW overpayment occurred.

Note: The client is to repay the calculated amount unless the court orders differently.

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