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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 3

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page ii Chapter 3 Eligibility Determination Groups

3.2.1.C.6 Residents of a Group Living Facility (GLF)....................................................13 3.2.1.D Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) ..........................................13 3.2.1.D.1 Definitions for ABAWD Purposes Only ..........................................................13 3.2.1.D.1.a Expanding the Target Audience ..............................................................15 3.2.1.D.2 ABAWD Eligibility ..........................................................................................15 3.2.1.D.3 ABAWD Work Requirement ..........................................................................16 3.2.1.D.3.a Good Cause for not meeting the ABAWD Work Requirements .....................17 3.2.1.D.4 Exemptions from ABAWD Time Limits and ABAWD Work Requirements .....18 3.2.1.D.5 Determining the 36-Month Period .................................................................19 3.2.1.D.6 Determining the Three-Month Limit ...............................................................19 3.2.1.D.7 Regaining Eligibility .......................................................................................20 3.2.1.D.8 Qualifying for an Additional Three-Month Period ...........................................20 3.2.1.E Students ...........................................................................................................21 3.2.1.E.1 Student Eligibility Based on Meal Plans ........................................................21 3.2.1.E.2 Student Exemptions ......................................................................................23 3.2.1.E.3 Definition of Enrollment and Participation .....................................................26 3.2.1.E.4 Examples of Student Exemption AG Composition ........................................26 3.2.1.F Strikers .............................................................................................................28 3.2.2 THE INCOME GROUP (IG) .....................................................................................28 3.2.3 THE NEEDS GROUP (NG) .....................................................................................28 3.2.4 EXAMPLES OF AG COMPOSITION .......................................................................29 3.3 DEPENDENT CHILD/SPECIFIED RELATIVE ...............................................................32 3.3.1 AGE ........................................................................................................................32 3.3.1.A WV WORKS .....................................................................................................32 3.3.1.B Parents/Caretaker Relatives, AFDC-Related Medicaid .....................................32 3.3.2 LIVING WITH A SPECIFIED RELATIVE (WV WORKS), OR (PARENTS/CARETAKER RELATIVES MEDICAID, AFDC-RELATED MEDICAID) ...............33 3.3.3 DEPRIVED OF PARENTAL SUPPORT AND CARE (PARENTS/CARETAKER RELATIVES MEDICAID, AFDC-RELATED MEDICAID) ........................................................35 3.3.4 EMANCIPATION .....................................................................................................35