For other medical assistance units, the MAID card is issued to the person named as the head of the assistance unit. Food assistance benefits are issued to the person named as the head of the food assistance unit. Vendor payments are most often done for cash benefits issued under the Additional Requirements programs. It is not appropriate to establish a protective payee when the cause of unpaid obligations is simply insufficient funds or a temporary lack of funds due to an emergency. This is a correspondence letter.
ACES sends duplicate notices to the client and the protective payee.
Create an alert for the date set to review the need for a continued protective payee. See the ACES procedures at the end of this section for more details. An authorized representative is an adult who is not a member of the food assistance unit but has the knowledge and consent of the assistance unit to act on their behalf. A responsible member of the food assistance unit can name, in writing, an authorized representative. A responsible member of the food assistance unit can name in writing an emergency authorized representative to transact a particular FCA card when no responsible member is able to transact the card.