Household composition/Relationship/Living arrangement/Temporary absence
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ALL Agency Rules & Procedures Practice Materials
| Title | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Field Op 01-029 TAFDC Potential to Graduate Report and EAEDC Student 18-20 Years | 7/3/2001 | ||
| Field Op 97-021 Dept. of Youth Services Computer Match | 4/18/1997 | ||
| Field Op 97-022 SSI-Term. Indiv. who have Appealed SSI Closing | 4/1/1997 | ||
| FYI: TAFDC for Applicants and Recipients with Ineligible Dependent Children If the only dependent child is ineligible for TAFDC, the parent is still eligible as an assitance unit of one if otherwise eligible for benefits. In a two parent family, both parents are eligible as an assistance unit of two if otherwise eligible. | 5/1/2007 | ||
| FYI: Teen Parents, Dependent Children, and the MCAS Teen parents with a Certificate of Completion of coursework from high school are considered to have a diploma for TAFDC teen parent eligibility purposes even if they did not pass the MCAS and get a degree. Teen parents in this situation who are taking the MCAS retain teen parent exemptions until taking the MCAS or for 6 months, whichever is sooner. A dependent child who has a Certificate of Completion and is over 18 remains eligible until turning 19, taking the MCAS, or for 6 months after finishing high school, whichever is soonest. | 8/1/2003 | ||
| Hotiline Focus - 4/04 Step-grandparent and TAFDC relationship requirement; proper way to close FS case for recipient moving out of state; reporting requirements for FS applicants with pending UI claims. | 4/1/2004 | ||
| Hotline Focus - 12/06 TAFDC: Caring for a disabled family member exemption redetermination and conseqences; TAFDC and Food Stamps when only child in household is ineligible immigrant; Food Stamps: gift cards not countable. | 12/1/2006 | ||
| Hotline Focus - 3/04 EA: Intervening housing since eviction from subsidized apartment for nonpayment; TAFDC: step-grandparents not eligible based on relationship requirement. | 3/1/2004 | ||
| Hotline Focus - 3/05 Household composition and income treatment issues for stepparent with stepchild on TAFDC; exemptions in two-parent families. | 4/22/2005 | ||
| Hotline Focus - 5/05 Cousins and relationship requirement for TAFDC; Supported Work wages as countable income. | 5/1/2005 | ||
| Hotline Focus - 5/07 TAFDC and Food Stamp benefits for eligible adult with child who is ineligible alien; TAFDc caretaker exemption not dependent on relationship; EAEDC-- doctor signing Medical Report does not have to be Mass Health provider. | 5/1/2007 | ||
| Hotline Focus - 7/04 TAFDC for 18 year-old who has finished high school but not passed MCAS; counting income of working teen dependents for TAFDC and FS purposes. | 7/1/2004 | ||
| Hotline Focus - 7/06 Temporary absence of child and TAFDC eligibility: what kinds of absences affect eligibility; boarding school and eligibility; verifying temporary absence. | 7/1/2006 | ||
| Hotline Focus - 8/04 Learnfare; teen parent AU compositionm for TAFDC and FS. | 8/1/2004 | ||
| Hotline Focus for 01/98 TAFDC: teen parent can keep her baby out of teen parent's mother's assistance unit in order to keep child support payments; no penalty warning notice necessary before child support noncooperation sanctions; step-parent who opts out of grant does not have income included (can opt out where neither natural parent is present in home); Unemployment compensation information accessible by computer match. | 1/1/1998 | ||
| Hotline Focus for 04/93 EAEDC: application is also application for Medicaid; AFDC: explanation of first cousin once removed; AFDC and EAEDC: treatment of tax refunds and EIC; AFDC: If applicant received final paycheck before application and is not working, do not count past paychecks even if received within last 4 weeks; FS: worker can not submit SSN change and case reopen on same day or FS will not issue. | 4/1/1993 | ||
| Hotline Focus for 06/01 TAFDC: affect of teen parent school requirement sanction on teen parent's child's TAFDC and teen parent's mother's TAFDC, effect of DSS custody of teen parent on her eligibility for TAFDC and TLP; FS: length of time sanctioned TAFDC amount counts as income, combination SFS/FS issue re: shelter proration. | 6/1/2001 | ||
| Hotline Focus for 07/01 Replacement EBT cards at reapplication; TAFDC: household composition including 2 parents, one common child, one child from previous relationship, and earnings; TAFDC: income of step-parent where natural parents are not in the home is not counted if she opts out of assitance unit. | 7/1/2001 | ||
| Hotline Focus for 07/95 AFDC and EAEDC: certain types of payment refunds not considered countable income; AFDC: changing child from one grant to another in timely fashion; FS: voluntary quit provision applies only to head of household; procedures for issuing expedited FS. | 7/1/1995 | ||
| Hotline Focus for 08/01 TAFDC: temporary absence of child placed in foster care; EA: lump sum received prior to application; FS: eligibility of individual wearing prison bracelet. | 8/1/2001 | ||
| Hotline Focus for 09/97 TAFDC: Step-parent's income not counted where neither natural parent is present and step-parent opts out of assistance unit; FS: application for reinstatement of FS taken off EBT card for not being used; EBT cards can be used to make purchases in stores with NYCE logo. | 9/1/1997 | ||
| Hotline Focus for 10/00 TAFDC: exclusion of teen parent's baby from assistance unit of teen parent's mother (so the baby can keep child support); FS: mortgage payments beyond what is required are not deductible; TAFDC: recipient living in development with federal subsidy entitle to rent allowance if no Section 8 or MRVP in use; TAFDC: ineligible immigrants with children on TAFDC and proration of shelter costs (none if parent has no income). | 10/1/2000 | ||
| Hotline Focus for 12/01 TAFDC: grandmother does not need guardianship to establish relationship even if not on the grant; TAFDC and FS: severance pay is nonrecurring lump sum payment; TAFDC: recipients in domestic violence shelters are eligible for relocation benefits. | 12/1/2001 | ||
| Non-citizen DTA screening form: "Supplement A" (Spanish - Supp A-1) Instructions for this form were included in Field Operations Memo 2004-34, issued 9/20/04. DTA workers are required to let non-citizens opt out of the TAFDC and food stamp application if they do not want benefits for themselves or do not want to give information on their non-citizen status or SSN. Keep in mind that, for food stamp purposes, a non-citizen who does have work authorization or other legal status may want to give that information even though he or she is not applying since having legal status (either LPR or under color of law status) may trigger higher food stamp benefits using a favorable income calculation. | 10/1/2004 | ||
| Non-citizens: Supplement A - Questions Regarding Citizenship Status (English - Supp A- 9/2004) Instructions for this form were included in Field Operations Memo 2004-34, issued 9/20/04. DTA workers are required to let non-citizens opt out of the TAFDC and food stamp application if they do not want benefits for themselves or do not want to give information on their non-citizen status or SSN. Keep in mind that, for food stamp purposes, a non-citizen who does have work authorization or other legal status may want to give that information even though he or she is not applying since having legal status (either LPR or under color of law status) may trigger higher food stamp benefits using a favorable income calculation. | 9/1/2004 | ||





