Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part II - Public Assistance Manual › Subpart D - Determination of Need and Amount of Assistance › Chapter 177 - RESOURCES › IDENTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION OF RESOURCES › Section 177.11 - Identification and verification of resources

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Resources shall be identified and
					 ownership and equity value verified. Failure to report and verify resources may
					 result in ineligibility or an overpayment of assistance if the equity value of
					 the resource would have exceeded the resource limit of the budget
					 group.
(b) An applicant and
					 recipient shall report and provide verification of resources.
(c) An applicant and recipient shall report
					 and provide verification, to the best of their ability, of resources of an LRR
					 even if the LRR does not live in the household of the applicant or
					 recipient.
(d) A parent and
					 specified relative shall report and provide verification, to the best of their
					 ability, of resources for themselves and minor children and LRRs, even if the
					 LRR does not live with the budget group.
(e) A guardian and trustee applying on behalf
					 of another person shall report and provide verification of the resources of the
					 person.
(f) A stepparent who is not
					 in the budget group but who resides in the home of the budget group is not
					 required to report the stepparent's resources for determining eligibility for a
					 stepchild.
(g) An LRR shall
					 identify, utilize and liquidate a nonexempt resource under the requirements of
					 this chapter as a condition of eligibility for dependents living with him. The
					 spouse or parent cannot be relieved of this obligation by being removed from
					 the budget group.
(h) A sponsored
					 alien shall report the resources of the alien's sponsor in accordance with the
					 following:
(1)
Sponsor is an
					 individual.
If the sponsor is an individual, the following apply:
(i)
Deeming criteria.
For a
					 period of 3 years following the alien's entry into the United States, resources
					 are deemed and counted available to an alien from a sponsor and the sponsor's
					 spouse if the following apply:
(A) The sponsor
					 and the sponsor's spouse live together and do not receive AFDC, GA, SSI or
					 SBP.
(B) The sponsor signed an
					 affidavit of support or a similar agreement on behalf of the alien as a
					 condition of the alien's entry into the United States.
(C) The alien filed an application for AFDC
					 or GA for the first time since September 30, 1981.
(D) The alien has resided in the United
					 States for purposes of permanent residency for less than 3 years.
(E) The alien is not a dependent child,
					 stepchild or a spouse of the sponsor.
(F) The alien's admission to the United
					 States is not as a result of the application of any of the following provisions
					 of the Immigration and Nationality Act:
(I)
					 Section 207, after March 31, 1980-Aliens Admitted as Refugees (8 U.S.C.A. §
																1157).
(II) Section 203(a)(7), prior to April 1,
					 1980-Aliens Admitted as Conditional Entrant Refugees (8 U.S.C.A. §
																1153(a)(7)).
(III) Section 208-Aliens Granted Political
					 Asylum by the Attorney General (8 U.S.C.A. §
																1158).
(IV) Section 212(d)(5)-Aliens Granted
					 Temporary Parole Status by the Attorney General (8 U.S.C.A. §
																1182(d)(5)).
(G) The alien's admission to the United
					 States is not as a result of the application of section 501(e) of the Refugee
					 Education Assistance Act of 1980 (8 U.S.C.A. §
															1522
					 note), relating to Cuban and Haitian Entrants.