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503.7 TANF MANUAL 10/23 Page 2e

L. Relative Maintenance and Kinship Care Support Claims - TANF claims for cases that included Relative Maintenance Support payments (RMP) prior to benefit month July 2022, must be treated as one TANF Claim. TANF RMP (RMP portion only), TANF Opt-Out and Kinship Care overpayments must be treated as separate claim types beginning with July 2022 benefit months and after.

The TANF Relative/Kinship Overpayment Calculation screen in the claim's module of the VaCMS, must be used to enter claims for TANF RMP (RMP portion only), TANF Opt-Out and Kinship Care overpayments beginning with July 2022 benefit months, and after.

The request for Repayment of TANF Relative/Kinship Care Support Maintenance Payment Benefits notice will be generated for all Relative Maintenance Support payment claims entered for benefits months July 2022, and after.

The method of repayment for all Relative Maintenance Support payment claim types for benefits months issued for July 2022 and after, must be made in the form of lump sum or installment payments. Recoupments for RMP overpayments cannot occur on TANF RMP, TANF Opt-Out and Kinship Care cases for benefit months July 2022 or after. LASER entries are not required for RMP claim repayments for benefits months issued July 2022 or after.

When a claim repayment is saved for a Relative/Kinship claim, the repaid amount is added to the allocated funds for the program for the current fiscal year. This is displayed in the Relative/Kinship Available Funds screen within the VaCMS for which only the TANF Program Manager and Program Consultants can access.

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