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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 4
West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 123 Chapter 4 Income
• The child support payment codes for the CSI and pass-through are arrearages with court order, grace period, and assigned and retained. • The child for whom the support was paid is a WV WORKS client for the collection month. **Current support is child support for a month that the CSI is automatically issued. When an applicant receives child support in the month of WV WORKS approval, either directly from the absent parent, or from the BSCE, no CSI is issued for the month of approval. For all clients, the CSI is effective the month following the month child support is redirected. If child support is not paid to the BCSE for a given month, no CSI is issued for that month in the following month. CSI Example 1: Ms. Cedar has one child and she receives WV WORKS cash assistance of $301. Child support collected for this month is $175. Because of the pass-through, Ms. Cedar will receive $125 next month in addition to her normal WV WORKS benefits. The $125, which is the sum of the pass-through and the CSI, will not be counted as income for her WV WORKS eligibility. CSI Example 2: Ms. Mulberry has two children and she receives WV WORKS cash assistance in the amount of $340. Child support collected for this month is $195. Because of the pass-though, Ms. Mulberry will receive the $220 next month in addition to her normal WV WORKS benefits. The maximum amount of pass-through is $200 for two or more children eligible for TANF. The $220 will not be counted as income for her WV WORKS eligibility and is her $195 pass- through and $25 CSI payment. 4.5.3.D.2 CSI Issuance CSI payments are automatically issued for the current month (the month of receipt by the BCSE). When there is a child support payment received that is intended to cover the three prior months, the CSI payments are issued for the three months immediately preceding the current month. CSI Issuance Example: A redirected child support payment is received by the BCSE in April, for the April child support obligation. The current month for the eligibility system’s CSI purposes is April. A CSI is automatically issued for April child support during the month of May. If the payment received in April included payment for January, February, and/or March, CSI payments are automatically issued for those months also.