Changing from Change Reporting to Simplified Reporting 430-05-67-45-10

(Revised 11/01/06 AMENDED ML3044)

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If a household certified as a change reporting household reports and verifies a change that meets the simplified reporting criteria, the worker must act on the reported change and change the household to a simplified reporting household.

 

The worker must enter an Y on the FS Simplified Reporting Household – Send Six Month Report Form.  TECS will then automatically send the X421 – SR Requirements for CE HH Over Gross Income or the X422 - Simplified Reporting Requirements, whichever is appropriate, to the household.

Examples:

1. A household with all elderly members with no earned income was certified in December.  On February 6th, the household reports and verifies a new source of income from employment for a household member.  The simplified report indicator must be changed to a Y for the benefit month of March. TECS will automatically send Notice X422 and the household becomes a simplified reporting household effective March 1st.
2. A TANF household requests their case be closed on March 26th as child support exceeds the amount of the grant.  The TANF grant must not be counted for April benefits.  The worker must change the simplified reporting indicator to a Y for the benefit month of April. TECS will then automatically send Notice X422 and the household becomes a simplified reporting household effective April 1st.

If anticipated child support for April would result in a decrease in benefits, a 10-day advance notice is required.

 

If the worker receives an alert on May 1 that child support was paid in the base month (April), the household is now a simplified reporting household. Counting the child support paid in the base month would result in a decrease in benefits. The change is not acted on until six month report or recertification, whichever occurs first.  

 

If there are less than six months left in the household’s certification period, no six month report is required, as the household must be recertified at the end of its current certification period.

 

If there are more than six months left in the household’s certification period, a six month report will be mailed to the household on the 4th to the last working day of month five.   The report is due by the 10th day of month six. In addition, the household is required to complete the recertification application at the end of the household’s current certification period.

 

If the household does not submit a MR for TANF and they have a history of late reporting for TANF, anticipate the TANF grant and the household remains a change reporting household.

 

If the TANF grant is not counted, the household becomes a simplified reporting household for the first month after the TANF case closes.  Once TANF is reinstated, (POP) grant must be counted, as regulations require us to act on all TANF changes. The first month that a TANF grant is counted, the household becomes a change reporting household. Adequate notice is required.