ACES ALERTS

104: TANF CLOSED IN BATCH, REVIEW HH FOR CORRECT TFA ELIG

This alert generates in the following situation:

• When a Basic Food AU closed prior to the closing of the TANF AU and the TANF AU closed in batch.
• When a client was removed from the Basic Food AU with a paid-through date equal to the current benefit month, and the client would still be eligible for inclusion in the Transitional Food AU.

DISPOSITION

This alert system dispositions when the TANF AU is reinstated and TFA eligibility is redetermined or the missing client is included in the TFA AU.

PROCEDURE

When a Basic Food AU closed prior to the closing of the TANF AU and TANF AU closed in batch, take the following steps to determine TFA eligibility:

1. Reinstate both the TANF and Basic Food AU for the months that were closed by selecting Option M – Reinstatement on the (AMEN) screen.

2. On the (REIN) screen enter [Y] in the REINS field next to each client to be reinstated. <TRANSMIT> and the (AMEN) redisplays.

3. Repeat these steps for each month that is to be reinstated.

4. Select Option R - Interim / Hist Change. On the (STAT) screen for the TANF AU do not make any changes – on the (STAT) screen for the Basic Food, remove the closure reason codes.

5. On the (MISC) screen for the TANF AU, enter [Y] in the Calc Elig Ind field and <TRANSMIT>.

6. When the data is committed, the TANF AU will close back down and the Basic Food AU will go to Transitional Food Assistance as long as all TFA criteria are met. If not, it will process as a Basic Food AU.

When a client was removed from the Basic Food AU with a paid-through date equal to the current benefit month, and the client is eligible to be included in the TFA AU, take the following steps:

1. Close the TFA AU in all the active months.

2. Reinstate the TFA AU in all the months that were closed by selecting Option M – Reinstatement on the (AMEN) screen.

3. On the (REIN) screen enter [Y] in the REINS field next to each client to be reinstated. Make sure to include the missing client when selecting clients. <TRANSMIT> and the (AMEN) redisplays.

4. Repeat these steps for each month that is to be reinstated.

5. Select Option R - Interim / Hist Change for the TFA AU.

6. Commit the data. The missing client will now be included as part of the TFA household if eligible.