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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 1
West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 112 Chapter 1 Application/Redetermination Process
• Determine the amount needed to meet the temporary financial need. The amount may include expenses related to future employment needs and ongoing household expenses. • Compare the amount of the temporary financial need to the maximum DCA amount. If the DCA is sufficient to meet the need, payment is issued for the amount of the temporary need. If the DCA is not sufficient to meet the need, the DCA may still be approved if the Worker and the client determine that other arrangements can be made to meet the remainder of the need. Support services must not be considered to be a resource that can be used to meet the additional need not covered by the DCA. When there is no other resource available to meet the need, DCA is not appropriate. The client is then considered for an ongoing WV WORKS benefit. • The recipient AG members and the non-recipient Work-Eligible Individual that are included in any DCA payment are considered to receive the benefit of that payment for 3 months. These individuals cannot be included in any other DCA AG for any month for which they received the benefit in another DCA AG. 1.5.18.D Verification of Temporary Needs When possible, the Worker must verify the need and the amount. The DCA payment is not limited to only those needs which can be verified. In addition, the amount of the DCA is not limited to only verifiable costs. The Worker is expected to use prudent judgment in determining which needs can be verified. Verifiable Costs Example: An applicant has agreed to accept a DCA payment instead of an ongoing WV WORKS benefit. In order to accept an offer of employment, he must move his family to another state. The following needs are identified: car repairs, overnight lodging for the family for the trip, food for the family for the trip, rent in a new dwelling for a month, utility deposits and some NOTE: Because payment is limited to one-time-only, the Worker must be certain to include all such needs in this determination. Supplemental payments may not be issued, even if the maximum amount was not used for the first DCA and even if the transaction can be made the same day.