7.4.3.2 CMC Verification, Placement, and Payment

If an individual meets the eligibility criteria, the FEP must place the participant in the CMC placement. Once the parent has been determined eligible for the CMC payment, the FEP may encourage the participant to volunteer for appropriate services such as:

Parenting and family relationship classes;

Family planning services;

Budgeting and financial literacy classes;

Household management and family nutrition classes; and

Job search, once appropriate.

These services are not mandatory activities and cannot be used as a basis for eligibility determination while the participant is in the CMC placement.

The CMC placement begin date is either the birth date of the child or the date of application, whichever is later. An applicant has seven days to provide appropriate verification. If the applicant provides verification within that timeframe, the placement must begin as of the date of application but no earlier than the date of birth. The agency may extend the verification period up to 30 days and still backdate the placement back to the date of the application. (See 4.1.3 )

The W-2 agency must have verification of a baby’s birth and application for an SSN prior to placing a participant into the CMC placement. Medical verification requiring the individual to be in the home for eight weeks is not necessary. (See 4.1.2 and 2.2.1. #14)

EXAMPLE 1 : Mary’s baby is born April 14. On April 21, she applies for a CMC placement. At the time of her April 23 intake appointment, Mary does not have verification of her baby’s birth or SSN application. Mary’s FEP instructs her to bring in verification no later than April 30. Mary brings in her verification on April 25 and is placed in CMC effective April 21, the date of application.

EXAMPLE 2 : Jontae applies for a CMC placement on May 5 because her baby is due on May 10. At her intake appointment on May 8, the FEP asks Jontae to bring in verification of the baby’s birth and SSN application as soon as possible. Jontae has her baby on May 11 and submits the required verification to the FEP on May 15. Jontae is placed in CMC effective May 11, the date of the baby’s birth.

Ongoing participants have 10 days to report a change in circumstances. (See 2.8.1) If the change (the birth of the baby) is reported within this timeframe, the payment should begin as of the date of the child’s birth. If it is reported outside of 10 days, the FEP determines whether the payment begins as of the date of the child’s birth or when the parent verified the birth and SSN application date. The FEP should consider whether circumstances prevented the parent from reporting the child’s birth within 10 days.

Individuals placed in CMC will receive a monthly payment of $673.