WAG 24-05-01-a: Current Pass Through

When a child support order is $100 per month or more (for one child) or $200 (for two or more children) and child support payments collected by HFS or its agent are $100 or more (for one child) or $200 or more (for two or more children), a pass through payment of $100 for one child or $200 for two or more children is centrally issued to the family. The number of children is based on the number of children receiving TANF on the case. The payment is issued within two business days from the collection date shown on KIDS. Pass through and current support payments are now issued within two business days of receipt. If payments collected for pass through are not sufficient to pay the full pass through due to the client, then a pass through payment for the lesser amount is issued within two days of the end of the month.
When a child support order is for less than $100 per month (for one child), or for less than $200 per month (for two or more children), and the amount of the current non-earmarked child support collected is less than $100 for one child, or $200 for two or more children in a month, a pass through payment is issued to the family within two business days after the support obligation was met. The amount of the pass through payment is issued for the exact amount of child support collected, up to the amount of the current support order.

Example 1 (ONE CHILD ON TANF CASE)

OCTOBER FISCAL MONTH		CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTED		PASS THROUGH WARRANT
BEGIN	END	DATE (COLDTE)	AMOUNT	MAIL DATE	AMT	EFFECTIVE MONTH
10-20	11-19	10-10-YY 10-24-YY	$50 $50	10-26-YY	$100	10-YY

NOTE: Normally, only one current pass through payment is received in a fiscal month. It is, however, possible for a client to receive more than one current pass through payment in a fiscal month.

Example 2 (TWO CHILDREN ON TANF CASE)

FISCAL MONTH		CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTED		PASS THROUGH/CHILD SUPPORT WARRANT
BEGIN	END	DATE (COLDTE)	AMOUNT	MAIL DATE	AMT	EFFECTIVE MONTH
10-01	10-31	*09-10-YY 09-30-YY	$100 $100	10-02-YY 10-02-YY	$100 $100	09-YY 09-YY

*This payment is being held until $200 is collected or until the end of the month as the support order is at least $200.

Both of these pass through payments are considered current and are exempt income for TANF.

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Example 3 (ONE CHILD ON TANF CASE)

FISCAL MONTH		CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTED		PASS THROUGH/CHILD SUPPORT WARRANT
BEGIN	END	DATE (COLDTE)	AMOUNT	MAIL DATE	AMT	EFFECTIVE MONTH
10-01-YY	10-31-YY	09-28-YY 10-08-YY	$100 $100	10-02-YY 10-10-YY	$100 $100	09-YY 10-YY

Both of these pass through payments are considered current and are exempt income for TANF.