Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title IV - Family Investment Program › Chapter 40 - Application for Aid › Rule 441-40.22 - Application

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The application for the family investment program shall be
				  submitted on the Food and Financial Support Application, Form 470-0462 or Form
				  470-0462(S). The application shall be signed by the applicant, the applicant's
				  authorized representative or, when the applicant is incompetent or
				  incapacitated, someone acting responsibly on the applicant's behalf. When both
				  parents, or a parent and a stepparent, are in the home and eligibility is
				  determined on a family or household basis, one parent or stepparent may sign
				  the application and attest to the information for the assistance unit.
(1) Each individual wishing to do so shall
				have the opportunity to apply for assistance without delay. When the parent is
				in the home with the child and is not prevented from acting as payee by reason
				of physical or mental impairment, this parent shall make the
				application.
(2) An applicant may
				be assisted by other individuals in the application process; the client may be
				accompanied by such individuals in contact with the department, and when so
				accompanied, may also be represented by them. When the applicant has a
				guardian, the guardian shall participate in the application process.
(3) The applicant shall immediately be given
				an application form to complete. When the applicant requests that the form be
				mailed, the department shall send the necessary forms in the next outgoing
				mail.
(4) A new application is not
				required when adding a new person to the eligible group or when a parent or a
				stepparent becomes a member of the household.
(5) Reinstatement.
a. Assistance shall be reinstated without a
				new application when all necessary information is provided before the effective
				date of cancellation and eligibility can be reestablished, or the family meets
				the conditions described at 441-subparagraph 41.30(3)
"f"
(9).
				Exception: The reinstatement provisions of subrule 40.22(5) do not apply when
				assistance is canceled due to the imposition of a subsequent limited benefit
				plan as described at 441-subrule 41.24(8), unless the limited benefit plan is
				stopped as described in 441-paragraph 41.24(8)
"g"
or
"h."
b. When
				assistance has been canceled for failure to provide requested information,
				assistance shall be reinstated without a new application if all information
				necessary to establish eligibility, including verification of any changes, is
				provided within 14 days of the effective date of cancellation and eligibility
				can be reestablished. If the fourteenth calendar day falls on a weekend or
				state holiday, the client shall have until the next business day to provide the
				information. The effective date of assistance shall be the date all information
				required to establish eligibility is provided.
c. When assistance has been canceled for
				failure to return a completed review form pursuant to subrule 40.27(3),
				assistance shall be reinstated without a new application if the completed form
				is received by the department within 14 days of the effective date of
				cancellation and eligibility can be reestablished. If the fourteenth calendar
				day falls on a weekend or state holiday, the client shall have until the next
				business day to provide the information. The effective date of assistance shall
				be the date the Review/Recertification Eligibility Document, Form 470-2881, is
				received.
d. When assistance has
				been canceled for failure to complete a required review interview, assistance
				shall be reinstated without a new application if the interview is completed and
				all necessary information to determine eligibility, including verification of
				any changes, is provided within 14 days of the effective date of cancellation
				and eligibility is reestablished. If the fourteenth calendar day falls on a
				weekend or state holiday, the client shall have until the next business day to
				provide the information. The effective date of assistance shall be the date the
				interview is completed.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections
				  239B.3,
				  239B.5
				  and
				  239B.6.