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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 1

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 88 Chapter 1 Application/Redetermination Process

1.5 WV WORKS 1.5.1 APPLICATION FORMS This section describes the process for determining initial and ongoing eligibility for the WV WORKS Program. A DFA-2 or online application is used. 1.5.2 COMPLETE APPLICATION The application is complete when the client signs a DFA-2 or DFA-5 which contains, at a minimum, his name and address or he submits an online application. The rights and responsibilities are included with the online application; the DFA-RR-1 is not required. If the client chooses not to sign the DFA-2, the application is considered incomplete, and the Worker must take appropriate eligibility system action to deny the application, complete client notification, and NOTE: When WV WORKS applicants are also Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and/or Medicaid applicants, requirements in Section 1.2 and Section 1.4 also apply to the SNAP portion of the case and the requirements in Sections 1.2 and 1.6 - 1.22 apply to the Medicaid portion. NOTE: When an application has been made for WV WORKS and/or Medicaid and the application is denied or withdrawn and approved for Diversionary Cash Assistance (DCA), the assistance group (AG) or non-recipient Work-Eligible Individual must not be required to make an additional application for SNAP. SNAP eligibility must be determined based on the information provided for the other programs. NOTE: When the applicant has completed the interactive interview, and there is a technical failure that prevents the printing of the DFA-2, Form DFA-5 must be signed by the applicant, attached and filed in the case record with the subsequently printed DFA-2. The DFA-RR-1 must also be completed and signed. He must not be required to return to the office to sign the DFA-2 when the DFA-5 has been signed.