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WAG 03: Nonfinancial Factors
PM O3
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WAG 03-01-00: Citizen/INS (Immigration) Status
– 11/30/11 MR 11.28
WAG 03-01-01: Citizen/USCIS Status Declaration
– 04/01/13 MR 13.10
WAG 03-01-01-a: Status Declaration for SNAP
– 04/01/13 MR 13.10
WAG 03-01-01-b: Documentation of Citizenship
– 11/30/11 MR 11.28
WAG 03-01-01-c: Documentation of Identity
– 07/01/06 MR 11.04
WAG 03-01-02: Meeting Citizen/USCIS Status (All Programs Except SNAP)
– 07/01/06 MR 11.04
WAG 03-01-02-a: U.S. Citizen
– 11/30/11 MR 11.28
WAG 03-01-02-b: Certain American Indians Born in Canada
– 11/01/98
WAG 03-01-02-c: U.S. Veterans, Active Military Service, and Dependents
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-01-02-d: Refugee/Asylee/Cuban-Haitian/ Amerasian/ Equivalent Status
– 01/31/11 MR 11.02
WAG 03-01-02-e: Hmong or Highland Laotian Tribe Members
– 11/01/98
WAG 03-01-02-f: Persons Granted Conditional Entry and Certain Parolees
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-01-02-g: Person Lawfully Admitted for Permanent Residence
– 04/10/12 MR 12.09
WAG 03-01-02-h: Noncitizen, Age 65 or Older, Determined "Not Disabled" (AABD)
– 11/23/98
WAG 03-01-02-i: Abused Noncitizens and Their Children or Parents
– 01/04/99
WAG 03-01-02-j: Noncitizen Children who are Lawfully Present in the U.S. (All Kids)
– 04/10/12 MR 12.09
WAG 03-01-02-k: Other Noncitizen Children (All Kids)
– 04/09/12 MR 12.09
WAG 03-01-03: Meeting Citizen/INS Status (FS)
– 06/01/02
WAG 03-01-03-a: U.S. Citizen
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-01-03-b: Certain American Indians Born in Canada
– 11/10/98
WAG 03-01-03-c: Refugee/Asylee/Cuban-Haitian/ Amerasian/Victims of Trafficking/Equivalent Status
– 01/31/11 MR 11.02
WAG 03-01-03-d: Hmong or Highland Laotian Tribe Members
– 04/01/03
WAG 03-01-03-e: Noncitizen Who Lived in the U.S. for 5 Years
– 04/01/03
WAG 03-01-03-f: Noncitizen Who Has Not Lived in the U.S. for 5 Years
– 06/04/10 MR 10.17
WAG 03-01-03-g: Age 65 on 8/22/96
– 10/01/03
WAG 03-01-04: Other Noncitizens (Medical)
– 01/04/99
WAG 03-01-04-a: Asylum Applicants and Torture Victims (Medical)
– 11/30/11 MR 11.28
WAG 03-01-05: Verification of USCIS Status Through SAVE
– 08/01/05 MR 05.29
WAG 03-01-05-a: USCIS Documentation
– 08/01/05 MR 05.29
WAG 03-01-05-b: When to Use SAVE
– 10/08/08 MR 08.30
WAG 03-01-05-c: Appeals Based on SAVE
– 08/01/05 MR 05.29
WAG 03-01-06: Using the SAVE System
– 08/01/05 MR 05.29
WAG 03-01-06-a: System Access
– 08/01/05 MR 05.29
WAG 03-01-06-b: System Functions
– 08/01/05 MR 05.29
WAG 03-01-06-c: Initial Verification
– 08/01/05 MR 05.29
WAG 03-01-06-d: Additional Verification
– 08/01/05 MR 05.29
WAG 03-01-06-e: Additional Verification Results
– 08/01/05 MR 05.29
WAG 03-01-07: Statements for USCIS
– 03/01/97 MR 05.29
WAG 03-01-07-a: Statement of No Debt
– 07/01/97 MR 05.29
WAG 03-01-07-b: Statement of Receipt/ Non-receipt of Benefits
– 01/04/99 MR 05.29
WAG 03-02-00: Residence
– 03/07/12 MR 12.07
WAG 03-02-01: TANF Cash, Family Health Plans, CountyCare
– 11/01/12 MR 12.27
WAG 03-02-02: AABD Cash, AABD Medical
– 07/01/97
WAG 03-02-03: Food Stamps
– 07/27/98
WAG 03-02-03-a: Proof of Residence
– 07/06/10 MR 10.22
WAG 03-02-03-b: Persons Who Move from Another State
– 04/19/10 MR 10.08
WAG 03-03-00: Eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-03-01: SSI and TANF
– 11/01/00
WAG 03-03-02: SSI and AABD Cash
– 01/31/11 MR 11.02
WAG 03-03-03: SSI and GA
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-03-04: SSI Advocacy Program
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-03-05: Paying for Psychological or Psychiatric Examinations
– 10/08/98
WAG 03-03-06: Payment of Attorneys' Fees
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-04-00: Age and Student Status
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-04-01: Age (AABD)
– 07/01/97
WAG 03-04-02: Age and Student Status (TANF, FHP, GA)
– 01/01/03
WAG 03-04-02-a: Student Status of Children Age 18 (TANF, GA)
– 01/01/03
WAG 03-04-02-b: Full-time School (TANF, GA)
– 09/01/00
WAG 03-04-03: Students of Higher Education (FS)
– 07/01/02
WAG 03-04-03-a: Definition of Student of Higher Education
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-04-03-b: Eligible Students of Higher Education
– 08/02/04
WAG 03-05-00: Living With A Caretaker Relative (TANF, All Kids, GA-FCA)
– 09/01/00
WAG 03-05-01: Caretaker Relative
– 08/01/02
WAG 03-05-01-a: Father of Child Born Out of Wedlock
– 08/01/02
WAG 03-05-01-b: Alleged Father Applies (TANF Cash)
– 08/01/02
WAG 03-05-01-c: Paternal Relatives of Child Born Out of Wedlock
– 07/01/97
WAG 03-05-01-d: Other Close Relatives
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-05-01-e: Kinship Definitions
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-05-02: Child Living With Guardian (GA-FCA)
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-05-03: "Living With"
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-05-03-a: Joint Custody
– 07/01/97
WAG 03-05-03-b: Verifying
– 07/01/97
WAG 03-05-03-c: Primary Sources to Verify "Living With"
– 07/01/97
WAG 03-05-04: Absence of Adult
– 07/01/97
WAG 03-05-04-a: Temporary Absence
– 08/01/02
WAG 03-05-04-b: Non-legal Separation (Desertion)
– 07/01/97
WAG 03-05-05: Absence of Child
– 08/01/02
WAG 03-05-06: Person Under Age 19 Not Living With a Caretaker Relative (94R)
– 09/01/00
WAG 03-06-00: TANF Cash 60-Month Limit
– 12/01/03
WAG 03-06-01: Months Counted in Illinois
– 07/01/97
WAG 03-06-01-a: Adults Under Age 18
– 07/01/97
WAG 03-06-01-b: Definition of Work
– 04/26/11 MR 11.08
WAG 03-06-01-c: Hours of Work
– 04/26/11 MR 11.08
WAG 03-06-01-d: Degree Programs
– 04/23/12 MR 12.10
WAG 03-06-01-e: Home and Community-based Care Waiver
– 12/01/03
WAG 03-06-01-f: Family Care Barrier
– 12/01/03
WAG 03-06-01-g: Reserved
– 03/14/06 (MR 06.10)
WAG 03-06-01-h: Family Violence Exclusion
– 07/01/10 MR 10.20
WAG 03-06-02: Months Counted in Other States
– 12/28/01
WAG 03-06-03: TANF Counter
– 11/01/02
WAG 03-06-03-a: Monthly Update
– 07/01/10 MR 10.20
WAG 03-06-03-b: TANF Tracking Inquiry System
– 05/01/00
WAG 03-06-03-c: System Entry of Counter
– 05/01/00
WAG 03-06-03-d: Changing the Counter
– 02/11/02
WAG 03-06-04: Effect of the 60-month Limit
– 12/01/03
WAG 03-06-04-a: Parent of All Children and Adult-only Cases
– 11/01/02
WAG 03-06-04-b: Not Parent of Any Child in Case
– 02/11/02
WAG 03-06-04-c: Combination Cases
– 12/01/03
WAG 03-06-04-d: Filing Unit and Case Composition
– 03/13/02
WAG 03-06-05: Exceptions to the 60-month Limit
– 12/01/03
WAG 03-06-05-a: Exception Reasons
– 05/14/13 MR 13.13
WAG 03-06-05-b: Notifying the Client of Exception Policy
– 02/11/02
WAG 03-06-05-c: Filing an Exception Request
– 12/01/03
WAG 03-06-05-d: Processing an Exception Request
– 07/01/12 MR 12.15
WAG 03-06-05-e: Exception Request Approved
– 07/01/12 MR 12.15
WAG 03-06-05-f: Exception Request Denied
– 12/01/03
WAG 03-06-05-g: Review of Exception
– 12/01/03
WAG 03-06-05-h: 3-Month Extension
– 12/01/03
WAG 03-06-05-i: Person with Exception Reason Removed
– 02/11/02
WAG 03-06-05-j: Appeals
– 12/01/03
WAG 03-07-00: Blindness (AABD)
– 07/19/12 MR 12.20
WAG 03-07-01: Establishing Blindness
– 11/10/11 MR 11/10/11
WAG 03-07-02: Reviewing a CAU Finding
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-07-03: Loss of SSA or SSI Benefits
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-08-00: Disability (AABD)
– 07/19/12 MR 12.20
WAG 03-08-01: Establishing Disability
– 07/18/07 MR 10.05
WAG 03-08-02: Reviewing a CAU Finding
– 02/01/05
WAG 03-08-03: Loss of SSA or SSI Benefits
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-09-00: Category P3 Medical Assistance - Outside the City of Chicago
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-09-01: Referral to Local Governmental Unit
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-09-02: CAU Disability Determination
– 07/18/07 MR 10.05
WAG 03-09-03: SSI Application/Appeal
– 01/01/02
WAG 03-09-04: SDX Crossmatch - Central Suspensions and Cancellations
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-09-04-a: Central Suspensions
– 09/01/01
WAG 03-09-04-b: Central Cancellations
– 09/01/01
WAG 03-09-05: Follow-up to Central Suspensions/Cancellations
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-09-05-a: Appeal Pending at Reconsideration or ALJ Level
– 05/01/01
WAG 03-09-05-b: Appeal Pending at Appeals Council
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-09-05-c: New SSI Application Filed
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-09-06: Family Community Resource Center Suspensions/Cancellations
– 05/01/01
WAG 03-09-07: Authorization of Category 03 or Category 93 Assistance
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-09-07-a: Central Authorization from P3 to Category 03 Zero Grant
– 08/06/07 MR 07.17
WAG 03-09-07-b: Family Community Resource Center Review of Category 03 Eligibility
– 08/25/98
WAG 03-09-08: Family Community Resource Center Certification of Medical Assistance
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-09-09: Certification of Medical Assistance on a Canceled P3 Case
– 08/19/08 MR 08.21
WAG 03-10-00: Institutional Status (AABD)
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-10-01: Prisons and Jails
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-10-02: Public Residential Facilities and Schools
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-10-03: Private Long Term Care Facilities
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-10-03-a: Residents with All Their Needs Covered
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-10-04: Residents of Facilities That Do Not Comply With HFS Policy
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-11-00: Social Security Numbers
– 07/01/98
WAG 03-11-01: Social Security Number Policy
– 05/01/02
WAG 03-11-01-a: Enumeration at Birth (EAB)
– 10/01/03
WAG 03-11-01-b: Validating the SSN
– 06/15/98
WAG 03-11-01-c: SSN Requirements at Application (Cash and Medical)
– 12/06/10 MR 10.31
WAG 03-11-01-d: Client Reports Non-receipt of Social Security Card
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-11-01-e: Clients with Multiple SSNs
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-11-01-f: Transferred Cases
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-11-01-g: SSN Policy at REDE
– 12/06/10 MR 10.31
WAG 03-11-02: Effect of SSN Policy on FS Applications
– 01/01/03
WAG 03-11-03: Good Cause for Failure to Provide an SSN (FS)
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-11-04: Failure to Comply With SSN Policy
– 09/01/02
WAG 03-11-05: Obtaining an SSN for a New Unit Member
– 09/01/00
WAG 03-11-05-a: Adding Newborns
– 07/29/98
WAG 03-12-00: Eligibility of Strikers (TANF, GA, FS)
– 09/14/98
WAG 03-12-01: Effect of Strike on TANF Eligibility
– 07/01/97
WAG 03-12-02: Effect of Strike on GA Eligibility
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-12-03: Effect of Strike on FS Eligibility
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-12-04: Eligible Unit With Striker (TANF, FS)
– 09/14/98
WAG 03-12-05: Figuring Eligibility (TANF, FS)
– 09/14/98
WAG 03-12-06: Work Provisions (FS)
– 06/01/02
WAG 03-13-00: Activity Requirement (TANF Cash)
– 06/01/04
WAG 03-13-01: Compliance Requirements
– 07/01/10 MR 10.18
WAG 03-13-01-a: Suitable Employment
– 07/01/97
WAG 03-13-01-b: Refusal to Accept a Job
– 07/01/97
WAG 03-13-01-c: Related Services
– 07/01/10 MR 10.20
WAG 03-13-02: Penalty for Refusal or Failure to Comply
– 08/01/02
WAG 03-13-02-a: Applicants with Previous Noncooperation
– 07/01/10 MR 10.18
WAG 03-13-02-b: Active Cases
– 08/01/02
WAG 03-13-03: Good Cause
– 07/01/97
WAG 03-13-03-a: Good Cause Reasons
– 07/01/97
WAG 03-13-03-b: Evidence of Good Cause
– 10/01/00
WAG 03-13-04: Reconciliation Process
– 07/01/97
WAG 03-13-04-a: Reconciliation Meeting
– 08/01/02
WAG 03-13-04-b: Reconciliation Agreement
– 01/25/99
WAG 03-13-05: Sanctions
– 08/01/02
WAG 03-13-05-a: Sanction Levels
– 02/19/08 MR 08.05
WAG 03-13-05-b: Applying the Sanction
– 05/01/00
WAG 03-13-05-c: More Than One Sanction at the Same Time
– 08/03/98
WAG 03-13-05-d: Repealing a Sanction
– 08/03/98
WAG 03-13-05-e: Ending a Sanction
– 02/10/99
WAG 03-13-05-f: Sanctions In Effect More Than 3 Months
– 08/01/02
WAG 03-13-05-g: Appealing a Sanction
– 07/01/97
WAG 03-14-00: Work Registration (GA-TA)
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-14-01: Clients Exempt from FSE&T Requirements
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-14-01-a: Age 16 or 17
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-14-01-b: Students
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-14-01-c: Chronic Illness
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-14-01-d: Temporary Incapacity
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-14-01-e: Substance Abuse
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-14-01-f: Care of Another Person
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-14-01-g: Employed
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-14-01-h: Receives Unemployment Insurance (UI)
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-14-01-i: VISTA Volunteer
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-14-01-j: Homeless
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-14-02: FSE&T Program Requirements
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-14-02-a: Cooperate with FSE&T Activities
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-14-02-b: Respond to Suitable Employment Referral
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-14-02-c: Accept Suitable Employment
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-14-03: FSE&T Sanctions
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-14-03-a: Imposing a Sanction
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-14-03-b: Repealing a Sanction
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-14-03-c: Ending a Sanction
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-14-03-d: Appealing a Sanction
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-14-03-e: Resumption of Benefits
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-14-04: Failure to Comply by Volunteers
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-14-05: Good Cause
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-15-00: Work Provisions and Sanctions (SNAP)
– 06/01/02
WAG 03-15-01: Work Provisions
WAG 03-15-02: Persons Exempt from the Work Provisions
– 01/01/09
WAG 03-15-03: Allowable Job Quit
– 06/01/02
WAG 03-15-04: Allowable Reduction in Work Hours
– 04/19/10
WAG 03-15-05: Good Cause Reasons
– 06/01/02
WAG 03-15-06: Proving Voluntary Quit
– 06/01/02
WAG 03-15-07: Length of the Sanction
– 06/01/02
WAG 03-15-08: Imposing the Sanction
WAG 03-15-08-a: At Application
WAG 03-15-08-b: During the Approval Period
– 04/19/10 MR 10.10
WAG 03-15-09: Ending a Sanction
– 10/17/05 (MR 05.33)
WAG 03-15-09-a: Ending a Sanction Early
– 02/19/08 MR 08.05
WAG 03-15-09-b: Ending a Sanction When the Period Ends
– 02/19/08 MR 08.05
WAG 03-15-10: Strikers
– 06/01/02
WAG 03-16-00: Reserved
– 06/01/02
WAG 03-17-00: Ineligible for AABD or TANF (GA)
– 07/01/97
WAG 03-17-01: Applications
– 07/01/97
WAG 03-17-02: Active Cases
– 06/01/99
WAG 03-18-00: Determination of "Not Employable" (GA-TA)
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-18-01: Determined Disabled by DHS (Category P3 TA)
– 07/22/09 MR 09.22
WAG 03-18-01-a: CAU Disability Determination
– 04/19/10 MR 10.11
WAG 03-18-01-b: Authorizing Repayment of Assistance
– 07/01/97
WAG 03-18-01-c: SSI Application or Appeal Pending
– 07/22/09 MR 09.22
WAG 03-18-02: Age 55 or Over and Underemployed
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-18-03: Regularly Taking Prescribed Medication (GA-TA)
– 04/19/10 MR 10.11
WAG 03-18-04: Providing Full-time Care
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-18-05: Under 20 and in Full-time School
– 03/10/97
WAG 03-18-06: Homeless
– 04/14/03
WAG 03-18-07: Temporary Illness or Incapacity (GA-TA)
– 07/22/09 MR 09.22
WAG 03-19-00: Medical Support Rights (TANF, FHP, AABD, GA)
– 01/01/03
WAG 03-19-01: Cooperation Requirements
– 07/01/97
WAG 03-19-02: Exempt from Cooperating
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-19-03: Noncooperation
– 01/01/03
WAG 03-19-04: Agreeing to Cooperate
– 07/01/97
WAG 03-20-00: Fraud (AABD Cash, GA)
– 12/31/98
WAG 03-20-01: Fraud of $10,000 or More
– 12/31/98
WAG 03-20-02: Fraud of Less Than $10,000
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-21-00: Reserved
– 02/01/02
WAG 03-22-00: School Attendance Initiative (TANF Cash)
– 07/01/97
WAG 03-22-01: Elementary School Responsibilities
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-22-01-a: Preliminary Notice
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-22-01-b: School Referrals
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-22-02: Community Agencies
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-22-03: Protective Payee
– 03/01/97
WAG 03-22-04: Sanctions
– 07/01/97
WAG 03-22-04-a: Applying the Sanction
– 05/01/00
WAG 03-22-04-b: Removing a Sanction
– 08/03/98
WAG 03-22-04-c: Sanctions In Effect More Than 3 Months
– 05/01/00
WAG 03-22-05: Changing Schools
– 08/03/98
WAG 03-22-06: Appeals
– 08/03/98
WAG 03-23-00: Convicted Persons and Persons Fleeing the Law
– 12/31/98
WAG 03-23-01: Incarcerated Persons
– 07/16/12 MR 12.19
WAG 03-23-02: Convicted of a Drug-Related Class X or Class 1 Felony (Cash)
– 06/29/09 MR 09.20
WAG 03-23-03: Convicted of Drug-Related Felony other than Class X or Class 1 (Cash)
– 06/29/09 MR 09.20
WAG 03-23-04: Convicted of Misrepresenting an Address (Cash, FS)
– 12/31/98
WAG 03-23-05: Fugitive Felons and Probation/Parole Violators (Cash, FS)
– 06/29/09 MR 09.20
WAG 03-23-06: Criminal Violation of Public Aid Code or Similar Law (Cash)
– 12/31/98
WAG 03-24-00: Reserved
– 12/31/98
WAG 03-25-00: Work Requirement for SNAP
– 07/06/10 MR 10.22
WAG 03-25-01: Who Must Meet the Work Requirement
– 10/01/11 MR 11.21
WAG 03-25-02: Eligibility Limits
– 01/01/09
WAG 03-25-03: Regaining Eligibility
– 01/01/09
WAG 03-25-04: Other Ways to Become Eligible for Benefits
– 01/01/00
WAG 03-25-05: How to Meet the Work Requirement
– 01/01/09
WAG 03-25-05-a: Community Work
– 01/01/09
WAG 03-25-06: How a Change in Work Status Affects Eligibility
– 01/01/00
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