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This massive chapter is in Microsoft Word for Windows format, and is divided into numbered groups:

Introduction

GENERAL: Index, Table of Contents, Introduction, Basis of Issuance/Maximum Income Limits

100's

GENERAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS/NONFINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY FACTORS: Household Concept, Resolving Questionable Citizenship Status and Verifying Alien Status, Residence and Identity, Social Security Numbers, Work Requirements, Job Quit, Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD), Cooperation with State Child Support Agencies

200's

APPLICATION PROCESS: Filing an Application, Expedited Service, Applicant/Authorized Representative, Interview Process, Verification and Documentation, Time Standards/Procedures, Approval/Denial Procedures

300's

ASSET ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS: Maximum Allowable Assets, Asset Exclusions, Vehicles, Transfer of Assets

400's

HOUSEHOLDS WITH SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES: Sponsored Aliens, Self-employment, Migrant Farm Workers and Contract Employees, Boarders, Disqualified Members, Residents of Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers or Group Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled, Shelters for Battered Women and Children, Students, Categorically Eligible Households, Strikers, Non-Compliance with Other Welfare Assistance Program Requirements

500's

INCOME AND DEDUCTIONS: Treatment of Income, Earned Income, Unearned Income, Excluded Income, Deductions, Calculating Eligibility and Monthly Benefit, Budget Worksheet and Proration Chart

600's

CERTIFIED HOUSEHOLDS: Changes During the Certification Period, Mass Changes, Certification Periods, Redetermination, Restoration of Lost Benefits

700's

ADMINISTRATION PROCEDURES: Fair Hearings, Intentional Program Violation (IPV), Claims and Collections, Replacement of Coupons, Notices, Program Complaints

800's

IEVS: Type of Information and Sources, Applicant Information, Recipient Information, Actions on Recipient Households, Use of IEVS Information.

900's

APPENDIX: Definitions