805 NOTIFICATIONS AT REDETERMINATION SR 06-12, 10/06 (FAM-A)

Notification of program information is required:

• at a face-to-face redetermination;

• when an individual’s status changes from exempt to mandatory; and

• when a recipient volunteers for the program.

For exempt individuals, all program information items noted in PART 803, NOTIFICATIONS AT APPLICATION, are discussed with the individual.

For NHEP participants, the following program information items are discussed with the individual:

• the 60-month lifetime limit for receipt of financial assistance;

• the automatic exemption from the 60-month limit for assistance groups receiving Family Assistance Program (FAP) financial assistance, for as long as the family continues to meet FAP eligibility criteria;

• the time-limited, temporary "extensions" provided to cases receiving NHEP/UP financial assistance and experiencing one of the hardship extension criteria listed in PART 134, HARDSHIP EXTENSIONS TO THE 60-MONTH STATE LIFETIME LIMIT;

• how eligibility for all other assistance programs, including Medicaid and Food Stamps, is not connected to the TANF/UP 60-month lifetime limit;

• the support services that are available when the individual is participating in NHEP; and

• the support services that are potentially available when the individual’s financial assistance is terminated due to employment.