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80 Fred’s Food Mart. The NV code entered on the Fred’s Food Mart Employment page does not cause the case to fail. Joan’s worker knows that she is still working at Susie’s Alterations, so her approved activity is not questionable. If Joan is requesting additional subsidy for the hours she is working at Fred’s Food Mart, she must verify the need for the increased subsidy.

This section last updated 10/1/2023

Section 7.9.3 SWICA Discrepancies The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) is the State Wage Income Collection Agency (SWICA). The Department of Children and Families (DCF) is required by federal law to exchange information with DWD to identify discrepancies in wages used to determine eligibility. For more information about how SWICA discrepancies are created, see Process Help Section 19.4.2.2.

Local agencies must resolve at least 80% of SWICA discrepancies within 45 days of receipt of the discrepancy. Overpayments related to SWICA discrepancies are not required to be established within the 45-day timeframe.

Upon receipt of the SWICA discrepancy, agency workers must review the discrepancy to determine if it can be resolved without further verification. See Process Help Section 19.6.3 for the SWICA Discrepancy Flow Chart that provides the steps to resolve SWICA discrepancies for all programs. Agency workers must not pend ongoing eligibility if the SWICA discrepancy only reflects historical information.

If the SWICA discrepancy cannot be resolved without further verification, the agency worker must generate a request for verification and allow the parent seven (7) business days to respond (see 7.4).

If a parent does not respond to the request for earned income verification and the case has ongoing eligibility, eligibility will not end due to lack of financial verification (see 7.9.2). Agency workers must not take any action to manually end eligibility if the SWICA discrepancy was for a period during the parent’s eligibility period and income does not exceed 85% SMI.

Agency workers must manually end eligibility if verification is not provided and: • The discrepancy was for a person added to the Assistance Group (AG) during the SWICA quarter. • There was an application or renewal during the SWICA quarter. • The SWICA income indicates that the case was over 85% SMI for two (2) consecutive calendar months.