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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 1
West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 110 Chapter 1 Application/Redetermination Process
1.5.18.A Determining If DCA Is Appropriate The following guidelines are used to determine if DCA is appropriate. • The AG must demonstrate a need which cannot be met with current or anticipated family resources. • A member of the AG or a non-recipient Work-Eligible Individual in the household must be employed or have a verified promise of employment or other verified source of income within two months of application. • The applicant must agree to accept DCA by signing the Diversionary Cash Assistance Agreement, DFA-WVW-3, which lists conditions and expectations. • Child support received by the parent/caretaker or BCSE belongs to the family and is not used to reimburse the DOHS for the DCA. • The household does not include any member who is serving a WV WORKS sanction. The entire AG remains ineligible until the sanction period ends. Once the sanction period ends, he may be again considered for DCA. DCA Example: A WV WORKS AG is closed due to imposition of the fourth sanction. During the time the AG is closed, the client finds part-time employment and is later offered a better-paying full-time job out of state. He reapplies at the end of his ineligibility period and asks to be considered for a DCA payment to accept the job out of state. The AG is approved for a DCA, if he is otherwise eligible for such payment. • If an adult or child would be required to be included in a WV WORKS AG, he is required to be included in a DCA AG and cannot be excluded simply to qualify for DCA. This NOTE: Child support pass-through is not counted as income in determining DCA. NOTE: If the household contains even one AG member or a non-recipient Work-Eligible Individual who was included in a household with received a DCA payment, another DCA payment cannot be made to that AG. The Worker must check issuance history to determine if a non-recipient Work-Eligible Individual was included in a household which received a DCA payment as these individuals are not tracked by the system.