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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 1

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 59 Chapter 1 Application/Redetermination Process

1.4.13 BEGINNING DATE OF ELIGIBILITY The beginning date of eligibility is the date of application when all eligibility criteria are met within 30 days of the date of application or the date that a signed signature page from WV PATH is received. Benefits for the initial month are prorated from the date of application, over the number of days remaining in the month. Initial month means the first month following any period of time in which the AG was not participating. If the AG fails to provide the information requested on a DFA-6, verification checklist or an electronic signature within the 30-day processing time limit but provides it within 60 days of the original application date, the date of eligibility is the date the information was provided. See Section 1.4.3. This only applies at application. If an AG applies in West Virginia but received SNAP benefits for the same month in another state, the beginning date of eligibility is the first day of the month following the last month of receipt from the other state. 1.4.14 CERTIFICATION PERIOD The beginning date of eligibility starts the AG’s Certification Period. The client’s certification period must be the longest possible period but must not exceed 24 months for AGs in which all adult members are elderly or disabled with no earned income or only excluded earned income. All other AGs are certified for 6 months except for applications that qualify for expedited services and verifications have been postponed. NOTE: A sole AG who is an ABAWD that loses eligibility for failure to meet ABAWD requirements must reapply. If the client is not eligible on the date of application, the application must be denied. If the client is eligible, the benefits are prorated from the date of application. EXCEPTION: For migrant and seasonal farm workers, the initial month is the first month following any break in certification of more than one month.