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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 1

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 100 Chapter 1 Application/Redetermination Process

Work-Eligible Individual. If so, the Worker must initiate appropriate repayment procedures prior to approval. If the client has been making voluntary payments, he must be informed that repayment must be made, when possible, from his monthly benefit, i.e., recoupment. 1.5.12.B Sanctions When the AG has been sanctioned for failure to cooperate with WV WORKS, the benefit is subsequently closed. If a reapplication is made, the AG remains closed until the sanction period ends. 1.5.13 BEGINNING DATE OF ELIGIBILITY The beginning date of eligibility is retroactive to the date of application once the following requirements are met complete orientation, complete PRC, complete SSP, and receive necessary verifications including the results of a drug test if required. There are other circumstances which also affect the beginning date of eligibility as follows: • If, in the 30-day period prior to the date of application, a parent or caretaker relative included in the payment, or non-recipient Work-Eligible Individual: o voluntarily reduces their hours, without good cause; or o quits full-time or part-time employment or training for employment, without good cause; or o refuses full-time or part-time employment or training for employment, without good cause, The AG is ineligible until 45 days after the employment or training is no longer available. Benefits may not be issued for any part of the 45-day period of ineligibility. See Chapter 14 for the determination of good cause. NOTE: The 45-day period of ineligibility applies only to AG members and non-recipient Work-Eligible Individuals at application.