Page 1588

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 18

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 170 Chapter 18 WV WORKS Activities/Requirements

Transitional Benefit Options Example 3: A husband and wife receive WV WORKS for their four children. The 16-year-old child quits school and moves out on his own effective October. He starts working at a fast-food restaurant in October and requests support services to help maintain his employment. Even though he is within the time frame for receipt of transitional benefit services and is working, he is ineligible for either program because he was not included in the AG as an adult and there is no dependent child living with him. Transitional Benefit Options Example 4: Rose receives WV WORKS for herself and her two children. She is working part-time and marries a man who is working full-time. Counting his income makes the AG ineligible for WV WORKS effective November. She signs the DFA-WVW-15 and opts to receive transitional benefit payments. The six-consecutive-month period begins December 1 and continues through May 31. In February, the husband has a wreck and they request support services to repair the vehicle. He meets all of the requirements except he was not a WV WORKS participant. However, because the wife was working and was a Work- Eligible Individual, she meets all of the requirements, so the family qualifies for support services to repair his vehicle.

The transitional benefit services eligibility period begins the month after the effective month of closure and continues through the end of the sixth month. Case management services must be provided throughout the continuation of support services or employment assistance period. However, only cases eligible for WV WORKS support service payments or EAP must remain in the WV WORKS caseload. Determining the Transitional Benefit Period Example 1: A WV WORKS AG is first closed effective November. Mr. Birch chooses the Support Service Payment option. He receives support service payments for transportation for December and January. In March, he begins riding with another employee and support service payments for transportation stop. The employee who was providing transportation to the participant leaves his job in April and Mr. Birch has no reliable transportation to get to work. The Case Manager and Mr. Birch agree to repairs to the vehicle he drove before he began carpooling. He receives a support service payment for repairs and begins receiving transportation payments again in late April. In June, his car needs new brakes and he requests help to pay for the repairs. His six consecutive months ended on May 31 so his request for payment must be denied. Transportation payments also end in May.