Budgeting for Persons Being Added to the Household 400-19-105-40-30

(Revised 6/1/10 ML #3218)

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(N.D.A.C. 75-02-01.2-58)

 

The household is required to report all individuals who enter a TANF household within 5 days from the date of entry. The date of the verbal request must be documented in the case record as it is considered a request for benefits.

 

When a request to add an individual is made verbally, a written request must be received within 10 days from the date of the verbal request and required verifications must be received within 30 days of the written request.   

• If the written request is received within 10 days from the date of the verbal request and the required verifications are received within 30 days, the individual is added to the household effective the date of the verbal request.

•  If the written request is not received within 10 days, the individual will be added the date the written request is received provided the required verifications are received within 30 days. Verifications must be received before adding anyone to the case for TANF.

 

Listing the individual on the monthly report, filed timely, is also considered a written request.   

• If the monthly report lists a new household member, consider the request to have been made on the first day of the month in which the monthly report was received provided the monthly report was received by the normal deadline of the 5th day of the month (or the first work day after the 5th day of the month if the 5th day falls on a weekend or holiday). If the monthly report is not filed timely, the request to add the new person is not timely and the benefit, if any, will be prorated from the date the monthly report was received, which is the date of the written request.

 

If the written request or required verifications are not received, an advance (10-day) notice must be sent to the household to close the case if the individual is a mandatory household member.

 

Eligible individuals who are added to an existing TANF household must have their needs met as if they are applicants.   

• If the individual being added to an existing TANF household received TANF benefits in North Dakota or another State in the month prior to the month being added, the individual’s benefit must be determined effective the 1st day of the month of request, or prorated from the date of eligibility, whichever is later.

• If the individual being added to an existing household did not receive TANF benefits in the previous month, the individual’s benefits are prorated from the date of request to be added or the date of eligibility, whichever is later.

 

If the individual being added to an existing TANF household did not receive TANF benefits or received TANF benefits in another state in the previous month, the individual’s income and expenses are budgeted prospectively for the first 2 months.  For the 3rd and subsequent months, the individual’s income and expenses are budgeted retrospectively.

Note: The prospective months are reworked for individuals added to the household using actual income and expenses.

 

If the individual being added to an existing household received TANF in North Dakota in the previous month, the individual’s income and expenses are budgeted retrospectively, unless the initial month in the new case is the individual’s second month of eligibility.