Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part II - Public Assistance Manual › Subpart B - Intake and Redetermination › Chapter 133 - REDETERMINING ELIGIBILITY › REDETERMINING ELIGIBILITY PROVISIONS FOR TANF/GA › Section 133.23 - Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Reapplication
. A reapplication or complete redetermination of
					 eligibility shall conform with the following:
(1)
General requirements
.
					 General requirements are as follows:
(i) A
					 complete redetermination is a comprehensive review of eligibility factors which
					 are subject to change, to determine continued eligibility of the budget group
					 members. When eligibility for assistance is based on deprivation of support due
					 to the absence of a parent, each caretaker, as provided in §
													141.21(c)
					 (relating to policy), with whom the child is living shall comply with the
					 support requirements in §
													187.23 (relating to requirements)
					 as a condition of continued eligibility of the caretaker for cash
					 assistance.
(ii) A reapplication
					 form approved by the Department shall be completed in its entirety by the
					 payment name at each reapplication interview.
(iii) The client, regardless of age, who is
					 the payment name for the budget group shall complete and sign the reapplication
					 form prior to or during the reapplication interview and provide the information
					 necessary for the completion of the redetermination as a condition of continued
					 eligibility for cash assistance. Recipients who are 18 years of age or older
					 and emancipated minors 17 years of age or younger shall sign the reapplication
					 form during the reapplication interview or within 15 working days of the
					 interview date. Failure to sign shall result in ineligibility of the person
					 required to sign the form.
(iv) The
					 client shall consent to the disclosure of information by third parties to the
					 CAO for the purpose of verifying the client's residence, citizenship,
					 employment, applications for employment, income and resources as a condition of
					 the client's continued eligibility for assistance under verification procedures
					 in §
													201.4 (relating to
					 procedures).
(v) A complete
					 redetermination is required as often as appropriate to the individual budget
					 but at least as frequently as the following:
(A) Every 6 months for TANF budgets not
					 required to report monthly.
(B)
					 Every 12 months for TANF budgets required to monthly report.
(C) Every 12 months for GA budgets.
(vi) The worker and the recipient
					 or other individual will review and assess the progress in achieving
					 self-sufficiency, including compliance with the responsibilities and
					 obligations contained in the existing AMR. As necessary, the AMR will be
					 modified.
(vii) A recipient or
					 other individual who signs a new or modified AMR that is approved by the
					 Department shall comply with the obligations and responsibilities including
					 approved work and work-related activities specified on the AMR in accordance
					 with §
													125.1(i)
					 (relating to policy).
(viii) A
					 recipient or other individual who fails or refuses, without good cause, to sign
					 or cooperate in the completion of an AMR or who fails, without good cause, to
					 comply with the AMR shall be subject to the penalties described in §
					 125.1(g) and (h).