Before the department approves CEAP benefits, we must determine that all household members are ineligible for benefits from any of the following programs: 

1. Temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) or State family assistance (SFA), unless the family has had its cash grant terminated under WAC 388-310-1600 within the last six months;

2. Refugee cash assistance (RCA);

3. Diversion Cash Assistance (DCA);

To receive CEAP, the applicant must take any required action to receive benefits from the following programs:

1. TANF, or SFA, unless the family has had its cash grant terminated under WAC 388-310-1600 within the last six months;

2. RCA;

3. Supplemental security income (SSI);

4. Medical assistance for those applicants requesting help for a medical need;

5. Food assistance for those applicants requesting help for a food need;

6. Housing assistance from any available source for those applicants requesting help for a housing need;

7. Unemployment compensation, veteran's benefits, industrial insurance benefits, social security benefits, pension benefits, or any other source of financial benefits the applicant is potentially eligible to receive.

The department may not authorize CEAP benefits to any household containing a member who is receiving reduced cash benefits for failure to comply with program requirements of TANF/SFA or RCA. This restriction does not apply to families who have stopped receiving TANF cash benefits under WAC 388-310-1600 within the last six months.