SR 97-24 Dated 07/97

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

INTER-DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION

SUMMARY

This SR eliminates emergency assistance payments for temporary and transitional housing and obsoletes Test Form 765b, Application for Emergency Assistance for Temporary Housing. SR 95-54, Emergency Assistance Expansion..., has been obsoleted. These changes are effective July, 1, 1997. The Key Word Index and Chapters 600 and 700 have been revised accordingly. An unrelated change has also been made to Section 713.11, Recovering Overpayments/Overissusances due to IPV: Collections. This Section now contains a cross reference to Part 621, Recoupment/Repayment of Assistance.

Although emergency assistance payments for temporary and transitional housing have been eliminated as a service through the Division of Transitional Assistance, homeless shelters throughout the state will still continue to provide this service through alternative funding.

This SR also removes the definition of temporary and transitional housing from the Glossary and makes technical corrections to the Glossary. These corrections include changing the headers and footers to reference TANF and the Division of Transitional Assistance, respectively. "AFDC" has been replaced with "TANF" throughout the text, and the term "child day care" is now referred to as "child care." Also, "FNS" (Food and Nutrition Service) is now referred to as "FCS" (Food and Consumer Service). Terms in the Glossary that are no longer relevant to the Division have been removed, such as "standard of assistance," which relates to foster care.

POLICY

Emergency assistance payments for temporary and transitional housing have been eliminated effective July 1, 1997. Test Form 765b, Application for Emergency Assistance for Temporary Housing, has been obsoleted as a result. Because this form was never posted to the Forms Manual, it is not referenced in the posting instructions in this SR. Note that a certificate of destruction is included in this SR since existing supplies must be recycled or destroyed on July 1, 1997.

IMPLEMENTATION

The policy changes in this SR are effective July 1, 1997. For cases in which TANF eligibility requirements are met, District Offices must approve emergency assistance requests for transitional housing made after July 1, 1997 when the services were provided on or before 6/30/97.

CLIENT NOTIFICATION

No client notification is planned since transitional and temporary housing payments are still available through homeless shelters throughout the state. The Division for Behavioral Health (DBH) has notified all DBH shelters of the policy change.

TRAINING

No training is planned.

POSTING INSTRUCTIONS

* District Offices may either have 7 or 8 sheets in the FAM Glossary, because SR 94-94

released 2 versions of the Glossary pages. The first version contained an extra blank page

which was deleted in the second version.

PEN AND INK CHANGES

On the document "SR's Inserted in Family Assistance Manual," please enter 6/30/97 as the obsolete date for SR 95-54.

DISPOSITION

This SR may be destroyed after its contents have been noted and its posting instructions have been carried out.

DISTRIBUTION

The SR only is being distributed according to the narrative distribution list for the Family Assistance Manual (FAM). The manual pages will be distributed to all holders of the FAM.

DTA/SJC:s

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CERTIFICATE OF DESTRUCTION

I hereby certify that all copies of Test Form 765b, SR 95-64/July have been recycled or destroyed.

Office Manager:      District Office:      

NOTE: Return this certificate to Stock Control at State Office after the instructions in this SR have been carried out.