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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 1

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 99 Chapter 1 Application/Redetermination Process

1.5.11 PAYEE The payee is the individual in whose name the WV WORKS benefit is issued. The parent/caretaker relative with whom the child is residing is the payee. • When the child lives with two parents who are included in the benefit, the parents choose the payee. • When a child lives with a parent and a non-recipient Work-Eligible Parent, the payee should be the recipient parent. • When the child lives with a parent and a stepparent, the parent is the payee. • When the child lives with one relative other than a parent, the specified relative is the payee. • When a child lives with two specified relatives other than a parent, they must choose who will be the payee. • When the parent is an unemancipated minor, the parent or other responsible adult with whom the minor parent lives, or who supervises the minor parent’s living arrangement, is the payee. • When a child lives with an adult who is ineligible due to non-cooperation with drug testing requirements, the payee is designated by the applicant. For EBT purposes, certain information about the eligibility system primary person is automatically sent to the EBT vendor in what is called a demographic record. This information is used to set up the EBT account, mail the EBT card and to identify the payee and authorized cardholders for security purpose when a call is made to the IVRU. See Chapter 12 for card replacement procedures. The card is sent to the payee, regardless of whether or not he is the primary person. A primary person who is not a payee is issued an EBT card as an authorized cardholder. 1.5.12 REPAYMENT AND SANCTIONS 1.5.12.A Repayment Before the case is approved, the Worker must determine if there is a WV WORKS, AFDC, or AFDC-Related Medicaid claim outstanding against any member of the AG or the non-recipient