Welfare reform has time limits on benefits, and various restrictions on eligibility.
Martha L. Fajardo Ideally, the infrastructure, functionality and ability to match information with other systems on a nationwide basis would be in place. Because this is not the current status of our systems, we are making use of existing or reasonably obtainable automation and considering alternative methods, such as client self-declaration, to meet the need for information that is not available through automation. The design of data exchange for nationwide time limits has not been completed. There is disagreement both about design and locus of information systems to support this effort. Decisions about the level of verification regarding many other eligibility restrictions have not been completed, clouding decisions about the level and type of information necessary to determine eligibility.