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Department
of Human Services Families
First Online Policy Manual Work Requirements |
Revised: |
27.16 |
VERIFICATION |
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Verifications are the responsibility of the
participant except when the information is already known to DHS or when
access to the information is more easily obtained by the client
representative. Verify: ·
Employment
for any members working, including the number of hours and wages. ·
Age for all
individuals 65 or over. ·
Age for
minor parents. ·
Any
exemption or good cause claimed by the participant resulting from a
conciliation process. ·
Birth of a
child within the last 16 weeks for a two parent household and within the last
year for a single parent household. Bulletin
20, FA-10-09 ·
Parent or
caretaker relative needed in the home to care for a related child or adult in
the home. (A statement from the
individual’s doctor confirming that the participant is needed in the home to
provide care for the relative is sufficient). Bulletin 37, FA-08-28 ·
An
incapacitating condition exists for any member claiming such an exemption. (Follow directions for determining
incapacity found in the Deprivation
chapter). ·
Disability
claim by providing one of the following: –
Receipt of
SSI under Title XVI of the Social Security Act or disability or blindness
benefits under Titles I, II, X, XIV or XVI of the Social Security Act. –
Receipt of
interim or presumptive assistance benefits pending the receipt of
Supplemental Security Income (SSI). –
Receipt of
federal or state administered supplemental benefits under sections 212 (a) of
Public Law 93-66. –
Receipt of
disability retirement benefits from a governmental agency because of a
disability considered permanent under section 221(I) of the Social Security
Act. –
Receipt of
VA benefits for a service or non-service connected disability rated or paid
as total disability, or is considered by VA standards to be in need of
regular aid and attendance, or considered permanently housebound. –
Receipt of
VA benefits by a surviving spouse of a veteran and entitled to VA
compensation due to the spouse’s service connected death, or VA pension
benefits for a non-service connected death and has a disability considered
permanent under the Social Security Act.
Entitled means the individual is receiving or has been approved for the
benefits. –
Receipt of
an annuity payment under section 2(a)(1)(iv) of the Railroad Retirement Act
of 1994 and is determined to be eligible to receive Medicare by the Railroad
Retirement Board. –
Receipt of
Railroad Retirement disability annuity under section 2(a)(I)(v) of the
Railroad Retirement Act of 1984 and is determined to be disabled based on the
criteria used under title XIV of the Social Security Act (SSI). –
Receipt of a
disability-related medical assistance payment under title XIX (Medicaid). |
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