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WAG 03: Nonfinancial Factors

PM O3.

  • 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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