Introduction SR 13-35, 10/13 (MAM-A)

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Division of Family Assistance (DFA), administers public assistance programs in accordance with state law and federal laws and regulations. This manual will contain the official DFA policy governing the administration of the following categories and programs:

• Medicaid and insurance for children through the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP);

• medical assistance for the elderly, blind, and disabled, through the Old Age Assistance (OAA), Aid to the Needy Blind (ANB), and Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled (APTD) Programs, currently found in the Adult Assistance Manual (AAM);

• medical assistance for families and pregnant women of any age, currently found in the Family Assistance Manual (FAM); and

• Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB), Qualified Disabled and Working Individuals (QDWI), and Specified Low Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB and SLMB135) programs, currently found in the AAM; and

• long-term care (LTC) services through the Nursing Facility (NF), Home and Community-Based Care (HCBC), and HCBC Choices for Independence (CFI) Programs, currently found in the AAM.

Additionally, DFA administers other programs providing

• financial assistance for the elderly, blind, disabled, and families with dependent children;

• Food Stamp benefits;

• employment and training support services for families with dependent children, through the New Hampshire Employment Program (NHEP);

• emergency financial assistance and services for families experiencing a crisis; and

• financial reimbursement assistance for families requiring child care due to participation in employment, training, or educational activities.

Policy governing these other programs administered by DFA are contained in the Adult Assistance, Family Assistance, and Food Stamp Manuals. Information on the purpose and instructions for completion of forms referred to in this manual are contained in the DFA Forms Manual, which is only available internally.