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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 19

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 7 Chapter 19 School Clothing Allowance

19.3 COMMON ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION 19.3.1 COMMON ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS All appropriate WV WORKS requirements in Chapter 2 apply. 19.3.2 ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION GROUPS The Eligibility Determination Groups are the same as for WV WORKS. See Section 3.4. Recipients of adoption assistance must not be included in the benefit group for SCA. 19.3.3 SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS 19.3.3.A Age and School Attendance To be eligible for the West Virginia School Clothing Allowance (WVSCA), the child must meet all of the following criteria: • Be a resident of West Virginia, not visiting or on vacation. • Meet the eligibility requirements or be eligible for WV WORKS for the intake month of the current program year. • Be enrolled in public Kindergarten through 12th grade, private Kindergarten through 12th grade that has been approved by the Board of Education, or a WV Public Prekindergarten that could be housed in a child care or Head Start center. • Children who have reached the age 5 by July 1 and are enrolled in Kindergarten of the current program year. • The following activities are not considered school enrollment: o Nursery School o Correspondence or internet courses