317.05 Application Requirements for Developing Potential Sources of Income (FAM) |
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An individual must provide verification of application for other income or benefits for which they are potentially entitled:
• before the application for Financial Assistance To Needy Families (FANF) financial assistance is processed; or
• no later than 30 days after the month the referral for the other benefit(s) was made, if currently a recipient of FANF financial assistance.
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Do not open a financial assistance case until the applicant has verified application for other income or benefit(s).
Terminate financial assistance for the entire assistance group* if any individual in the group is potentially eligible for a benefit and:
• refuses to accept it; or
• fails to apply for the benefits.
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See Medical Assistance Manual PART 315, DEVELOPING POTENTIAL SOURCES OF INCOME, for medical assistance policy on this topic.