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I. PURPOSE
The purpose of this release is to inform districts about changes to
Department Regulations 352.30(a) and 352.31(f). These changes are
intended to address cases where there is a minor dependent child
applying in the public assistance case (ADC or PG-ADC filing unit
cases). This transmittal is not intended to address Home Relief
individuals.
1. Section 352.30(a) was amended to provide that a person required
to be added to a public assistance household is deemed to be
included in the application on file as of the date the person
joins the household.
2. Section 352.31(f) was amended to provide that persons added to
an existing public assistance filing unit whose presence causes
an underpayment to the case shall have an underpayment
adjustment made only for those months in which all eligibility
requirements are met. The amendment further provides that when
the change in household composition is reported timely, and
eligibility requirements are met timely, the underpayment
adjustment shall be made retroactive to the date that the
persons joined the existing filing unit.
3. These regulatory amendments were based on a statement of federal
policy set forth in Federal Register (Vol. 57, No. 131).
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