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WAG 02: Initial Request for Benefits

PM 02

  • WAG 02-01-00: Overview of DHS Service Delivery Process – 11/01/00
  • WAG 02-02-00: Referral/Connection – 05/14/13 MR 13.13
    • WAG 02-02-01: Resource Directory and Connections (RD&C) – 04/01/02
      • WAG 02-02-01-a: Using the RD&C – 04/01/02
  • WAG 02-03-00: Family Assessment – 01/01/04
    • WAG 02-03-01: Vcm – 09/01/03
    • WAG 02-03-02: Manual Forms – 09/01/03
    • WAG 02-03-03: Completion of the Family Assessment – 09/01/03
  • WAG 02-04-00: Application – 05/18/11 MR 11.10
    • WAG 02-04-01: Making Application Forms and Pamphlets Available – 11/10/11 MR 11.26
    • WAG 02-04-02: Who May Apply – 07/16/12 MR 12.19
      • WAG 02-04-02-a: Approved Representative – 12/01/00
      • WAG 02-04-02-b: Persons Living in Facilities (AABD) – 07/01/97
      • WAG 02-04-02-c: Wards of DCFS (AABD, TANF) – 07/01/97
      • WAG 02-04-02-d: Out of State Foster Care – 07/01/97
      • WAG 02-04-02-e: Fraud Convictions – 12/31/98
    • WAG 02-04-03: Who Signs the Application – 03/01/97
      • WAG 02-04-03-a: Witness Required – 03/01/97
      • WAG 02-04-03-b: Guardian (TANF, AABD, GA) – 07/01/97
      • WAG 02-04-03-c: Authorized Representative (SNAP) – 03/01/97
      • WAG 02-04-03-d: Application Signatures – 06/21/12 MR 12.20
    • WAG 02-04-04: When Is It an Application? – 09/26/03
    • WAG 02-04-05: Applications Received in the Wrong Office – MR 10.32 01/03/11
    • WAG 02-04-06: Application Date – MR 10.32 01/03/11
      • WAG 02-04-06-a: Applications Accepted by ORS – 03/01/01
      • WAG 02-04-06-b: SNAP Applications Taken by SSA – 07/01/97
      • WAG 02-04-06-c: Applications Received From All Kids Application Agents – 05/18/11 MR 11.10
      • WAG 02-04-06-d: Faxed Applications Received When the Office is Closed – 03/01/01
      • WAG 02-04-06-e: Change in Application Date or Caseload Number on a Pending Case – 03/01/97
    • WAG 02-04-07: Transferring an Application (Cash, Medical) – 01/03/11 MR 10.32
    • WAG 02-04-08: Helping the Applicant – 07/01/97
    • WAG 02-04-09 Handling Multiple Applications – 07/06/10 MR 10.22
  • WAG 02-05-00: Screening and Registration – 03/01/97
    • WAG 02-05-01: Screening – 04/01/13 MR 13.10
    • WAG 02-05-02: Registration – 01/03/11 MR 10.32
      • WAG 02-05-02-a: Reregistration of a SNAP Application – 07/01/04
      • WAG 02-05-02-b: Applications Processed by Hospital Assistance Service (HAS) – 03/01/97
    • WAG 02-05-03: Screening and Registration for Mail-in or Faxed Applications – 09/26/03
    • WAG 02-05-04: Presumptive Eligibility Coverage for Children Applying for Medical Benefits – 05/03/04
      • WAG 02-05-04-a: Authorizing PE Coverage – 05/03/04
      • WAG 02-05-04-b: Ending PE Coverage – 05/03/04
      • WAG 02-05-04-c: Denying PE Coverage – 05/03/04
      • WAG 02-05-04-d: Voiding PE Coverage – 05/03/04
    • WAG 02-05-05: Scheduled Interviews – 03/01/97
    • WAG 02-05-06: Intake Interview – 03/01/97
    • WAG 02-05-07: Applicant Not at Home – 07/19/12 MR 12.20
    • WAG 02-05-08: Procedures for Persons Released from DHS Facilities – 03/01/02
    • WAG 02-05-09: Procedures for DCFS Children in DHS Facilities – 07/01/97
    • WAG 02-05-10: Applying for Medicaid at Outstation Sites – 05/04/04
    • WAG 02-05-11: Downstate GA Client Potentially Eligible for AABD or TANF – 06/01/99
    • WAG 02-05-12: Procedures for Sheridan Correctional Center – 03/14/05
      • WAG 02-05-12-a: Sheridan Re-entry Team Responsibilities – 03/14/05
      • WAG 02-05-12-b: FCRC Responsibilities – 03/14/05
  • WAG 02-06-00: Eligibility Interview Process – 03/01/02
    • WAG 02-06-01: Eligibility Interview – 04/01/13 MR 13.10
      • WAG 02-06-01-a: Front Door Financial Help For Applicants (TANF) – 08/05/04
      • WAG 02-06-01-b: Waiving the Family Community Resource Center Face-to-Face Eligibility Interview – 05/14/13 MR 13.13
      • WAG 02-06-01-c: Failure to Come to Family Community Resource Center Interview – 03/03/03
      • WAG 02-06-01-d: Form 2378B – 04/01/13 MR 13.10
      • WAG 02-06-01-e: Client Information – 11/03/03
      • WAG 02-06-01-f: Forms and Referrals – 04/01/13 MR 13.10
  • WAG 02-07-00: Verification Process – 05/14/13 MR 13.13
    • WAG 02-07-01: Clearances – 03/07/12 MR 12.07
    • WAG 02-07-02: Obtaining Verifications – 07/18/07 MR 10.05
      • WAG 02-07-02-a: Applicant Has Verification – 11/01/00
      • WAG 02-07-02-b: Third Party Verification Needed – 05/14/13 MR 13.13
      • WAG 02-07-02-c: Applicant in Hospital (Cash, Medical) – 03/01/97
      • WAG 02-07-02-d: Information Received After Application Denied – 03/01/97
    • WAG 02-07-03: Verification of Eligibility Factors – 05/14/13 MR 13.13
      • WAG 02-07-03-a: Age (AABD, TANF) – 07/01/97
      • WAG 02-07-03-b: Blindness and Disability (AABD, SNAP) – 03/01/97
      • WAG 02-07-03-c: Citizen/INS Status – 03/01/97
      • WAG 02-07-03-d: Residence – 03/01/97
      • WAG 02-07-03-e: Presence in Home (TANF Cash, All Kids, GA-FCA) – 09/01/00
      • WAG 02-07-03-f: School Status (TANF, GA-FCA) – 07/01/97
      • WAG 02-07-03-g: Relationship (TANF Cash, All Kids, GA-FCA) – 09/01/00
      • WAG 02-07-03-h: Income – 03/01/97
      • WAG 02-07-03-i: Assets – 03/01/97
      • WAG 02-07-03-j: Special Verifications for TANF Cash and Parent/All Kids Assist – 09/01/00
      • WAG 02-07-03-k: Special Verifications for GA – 03/01/97
      • WAG 02-07-03-l: Special Verifications for SNAP – 11/30/11 MR 11.28
      • WAG 02-07-03-m: Special Verifications for QMB and SLIB – 03/01/97
    • WAG 02-07-04: Verification of Questionable Information – 11/01/00
  • WAG 02-08-00: Expedited SNAP Application – 06/15/09 MR 09.18
    • WAG 02-08-01: Who Can Get Expedited Service – 03/01/97
      • WAG 02-08-01-a: Definition of Migrant Who is "Out of Funds" – 03/01/97
    • WAG 02-08-02: Expedited SNAP Processing – 07/01/04
      • WAG 02-08-02-a: Interview – 04/01/13 MR 13.10
      • WAG 02-08-02-b: Timeframes – 06/01/99
    • WAG 02-08-03: Verification – 03/01/97
      • WAG 02-08-03-a: Required Verifications – 10/09/01
      • WAG 02-08-03-b: Other Verification – 03/01/97
      • WAG 02-08-03-c: Financial Management – 03/01/97
    • WAG 02-08-04: Eligibility Factors – 03/01/97
      • WAG 02-08-04-a: Social Security Numbers – 03/01/97
      • WAG 02-08-04-b: Work Registration – 03/01/97
    • WAG 02-08-05: SNAP Approval Period – 04/14/03
      • WAG 02-08-05-a: Regular Approval Period – 03/01/97
      • WAG 02-08-05-b: One or 2-Month Approval Period – 06/01/02
      • WAG 02-08-05-c: Two-Month Approval Period – 03/01/97
    • WAG 02-08-06: Limits on Receipt of Expedited Service – 04/14/03
      • WAG 02-08-06-a: Subsequent Receipt of Expedited Service – 03/01/97
  • WAG 02-09-00: Responsibility and Services Plan - TANF – 07/01/10 MR 10.18
    • WAG 02-09-01: TANF - Adult Included – 07/01/10 MR 10.18
      • WAG 02-09-01-a: TANF 2-Parent Case – 11/01/00
      • WAG 02-09-01-b: DCFS Intact Family Case – 07/01/10 MR 10.18
      • WAG 02-09-01-c: Goal Setting – 07/01/10 MR 10.18
      • WAG 02-09-01-d: Refusal to Cooperate at Application – 07/01/10 MR 10.18
      • WAG 02-09-01-f: Pregnant Women – 03/16/05
    • WAG 02-09-02: TANF Child-Only and All Categories Other Than TANF – 06/01/04

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