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TANF Transmittal 75

901.3 TANF MANUAL 10/22 Page 3b

901.3 RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ELIGIBILITY WORKER - Regarding VIEW, the eligibility worker must:

A. Determine VIEW or exemption status prior to the initial approval, at redetermination when adding an individual to the assistance unit, or when a change in the individual’s situation would affect her VIEW status. Such determinations should be documented on the Case Narrative - Details screen in VaCMS.

Explain the exemption criteria to all applicants at application and to recipients at redetermination, and explain their obligation to report changes affecting their status. The recipient must provide information and verify all reported changes in exemption status. The eligibility worker must change the exemption status in the month in which the change is verified.

Exempt individuals who lose their exemption status must be referred to VIEW within three working days after the exemption ends. Changes that result in VIEW status changing from exempt to non-exempt but which are reported late, do not constitute an overpayment.

Mandatory individuals who become exempt must be advised of the status change and their right to participate in VIEW as volunteers.

B. Provide a copy of the completed “Do You Have a Disability?” form (for the adult applicant or payee who completed the application for TANF) to the ESW for the VIEW record when the adult is referred to or volunteers for VIEW.

C. Explain the requirements of the VIEW Program and the related supportive services to all applicants/recipients at application and redetermination. The EW should also cover transitional services that may be available when the TANF case closes: transitional childcare, transitional medical/dental services, transitional work-related expenses, transitional emergency intervention, transitional employment and training services (TET), transitional transportation, and VIEW Transitional Payment (VTP). All applicants and recipients, including non-parent caretakers in the assistance unit, who are not mandatory, must be offered the opportunity to volunteer for the VIEW Program.

D. Advise all applicants/recipients of the sanctions/penalties that apply for failing/refusing to participate in VIEW, without good cause. The ESW will evaluate good cause.

E. Provide to persons with an incapacity, information from the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) that explains employment services provided by DARS. The information is available at https://www.vadars.org/publications.htm#gsc.tab=0.

F. Review the individual's exempt/non-exempt status when changes are reported and as a part of the TANF eligibility redetermination process, unless the eligibility worker determined the individual to be 60 years old or older, or permanently incapacitated.