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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 1
West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 102 Chapter 1 Application/Redetermination Process
Eligibility Date Example 4: A caretaker relative included in the payment is hired by a temporary agency. Three months later the temporary job ends. The 45- day waiting period does not apply. Eligibility Date Example 5: A non-recipient Work-Eligible Individual has been working 25 hours per week at a fast-food restaurant. He quits and then applies for WV WORKS, it is established he did not have good cause. The 45-day waiting period applies. • When an assistance group becomes ineligible due to failure of a parent or caretaker, without good cause, to meet the 24-month work requirement, the beginning date of eligibility cannot be any earlier than the first day on which he participates in an activity which meets the 24-month work requirement. • If the non-parent caretaker is no longer in a 12-month period for which he chose to be included, eligibility for the otherwise eligible child(ren) may begin as soon as the 12- month period ends, so long as the caretaker chooses exclusion from the assistance group. • If the AG or non-recipient Work-Eligible Individual is serving a WV WORKS sanction, the beginning date of eligibility is the day after the sanction period ends. See Section 14.8.1. He must re-apply to again receive WV WORKS benefits. 1.5.14 EXPEDITED PROCESSING There are no requirements for expedited processing. Cases are approved in the order in which eligibility is established. EXECEPTION: A parent with a newborn child has good cause while the child is less than 12 weeks of age for failure to meet the 24-month work requirement. NOTE: When a non-parent caretaker’s 12-month period for which he chose to be included ends, he may again receive WV WORKS for the otherwise eligible child(ren), even when not meeting the 24-month work requirement, as long as he chooses to be excluded from the AG. If he reapplies during the 12-month period for which he chose inclusion, or after the 12- month period ends and he again chooses to be included, he must meet the 24-month work requirement to receive WV WORKS for the child(ren).