04 CA Initial Month Special Rules

FAA5.D Cash Assistance Payment Determination (AFPD) : 04 CA Initial Month Special Rules - Overview

CA Initial Month Special Rules - Overview

CA payments can only be issued during a month when the budgetary unit is prospectively eligible.

Determine whether the budgetary unit is prospectively eligible to receive a payment during the month the determination is completed.

WARNING

The budgetary unit might be ineligible in the determination month, but eligible in the following month. When this occurs, CA benefits may be prorated to the third month after the original application date, but not more than 45 days past the application date.

Policy and procedures regarding CA Initial Month Special Rules are outlined as follows:

●The budgetary unit is eligible in the determination month and eligible in the following month.

●The budgetary unit is eligible in the determination month but not eligible in the following month.

●The budgetary unit is not eligible in the determination month but eligible in the following month.

●The budgetary unit is eligible at the time of application but becomes not eligible on or before the determination date.

●A participant becomes not eligible before the determination is completed and remains not eligible in the following month.

●A participant is eligible in the determination month and becomes not eligible for the following month.

Call the AZTECS Help Desk when assistance is needed in closing a CA case. Inform the Help Desk staff that the closure is due to CA Initial Month Special Rules policy.