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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 19

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 12 Chapter 19 School Clothing Allowance

19.3.11 BENEFIT REPLACEMENT Benefits are issued to EBT and are not replaced. 19.3.11.A Application Denial Is Reversed in a Fair Hearing When a Hearings Officer rules in a Fair Hearing that the WVSCA denial was inappropriate, the Worker must issue the benefit to the applicant. 19.3.11.B Agency Delay/Error If an application has not been acted on within the required time limit due to agency delay/error, corrective action must be taken immediately if the applicant is eligible. The Worker must issue the benefit to the applicant. However, the Worker must first contact the DFA Family Support Policy Unit for additional information. 19.3.11.C Destroyed Clothing Purchased With SCA Benefits When clothing that has been purchased with SCA benefits is destroyed, such as in a house fire, replacement benefits cannot be issued. Instead, Emergency Assistance policy concerning replacement of clothing is followed if the AG is otherwise eligible. 19.3.12 VENDOR INFORMATION Merchants who don’t have EBT cash access will need to work with their processor so that an EBT school clothing purchase transaction will be accepted. 19.3.13 FOSTER CARE TO LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP