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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 3

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 42 Chapter 3 Eligibility Determination Groups

• Individuals who are recipients of an Independent Living Subsidy through the Division of Children and Adult Services. • The child(ren) of a parent, when the parent is a recipient of an Independent Living Subsidy through the Division of Children and Adult Services. • A child who is absent from his home for 30 consecutive days. o A child may be absent from his home for more than 30 consecutive days and remain a WV WORKS client only if the reason for the absence is one of the following: ▪ Medically substantiated mental or physical illness of a parent or other caretaker necessitates other temporary living arrangements for the child. ▪ Medically substantiated mental or physical illness of the child necessitates other temporary arrangements for the child. ▪ The child receives education or training at a special needs school and residence outside the home is required to begin or continue such education. ▪ A natural disaster forces the child to live apart from the parent(s) or other caretaker(s). ▪ The Personal Responsibility Contract/Self-Sufficiency Plan (PRC/SSP) has targeted a family problem that requires the child to be absent from the home for more than 30 consecutive days. 3.4.1.C Who May Choose to Be Included? The following individuals may choose to be included in the AG: • Caretaker relatives, who are not natural or adoptive parents, and stepparents when the parent is not in the home. When the caretaker relative is also receiving WV WORKS for his own children, as well as serving as the caretaker relative for other children, he must be included. o When the caretaker relative chooses to be included, refer to who must be included above. • When the parent is not in the home, the stepparent is treated as any other specified relative and may choose to be included or excluded. • If there is another minor child(ren) in the household who is not required to be included and the caretaker relative requests WV WORKS benefits for him, the caretaker relative