SR 22-17 Dated 07/22 |
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES – DIVISION OF ECONOMIC AND HOUSING STABILITY
Bureau of family assistance (bfa)
INTER-DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION
FROM: |
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR IV, BFA Debra Sorli |
BFA SIGNATURE DATE: |
6/17/2022 |
AT (OFFICE):
|
Bureau of Family Assistance |
TO: |
All BFA
Staff
NHEP Teams |
SUBJECT: |
Resource Limit Increase for FANF recipients |
EFFECTIVE DATE: |
July 1, 2022 |
SUMMARY
This Supervisory Release (SR) releases an increase to the resource limit for recipients of FANF Financial assistance.
FORMER POLICY |
NEW POLICY |
| An assistance group’s countable personal and real property resources cannot exceed $1,000 for FANF applicants and $2,000 for FANF recipients. | An assistance group’s countable personal and real property resources cannot exceed $1,000 for FANF applicants and $5,000 for FANF recipients. |
POLICY
The countable resource amount for current recipients of FANF financial assistance has increased from $2,000 to $5,000. The term recipients includes individuals who currently receive FANF financial assistance or have received FANF financial assistance in at least one of the last six months.
The countable resource amount for FANF applicants remains the same and cannot exceed $1,000.
NEW HEIGHTS & NH EASY SYSTEMS PROCEDURES AND IMPLEMENTATION
New HEIGHTS Update(s)
There are no changes to New HEIGHTS.
NH Easy Update(s)
There are no changes to NH Easy.
DESCRIPTION OF REVISIONS MADE TO FORM
The BFA Fact Sheet will be updated with the release of BFA SR 22-20 July Mass Change for the FANF SON.
POLICY MANUAL REVISIONS
Revised Family Assistance Manual Topics
Section 803 Notifications at Applications
IMPLEMENTATION
Policy released in this SR is effective July 1, 2022 for current cases, and will apply to any new cases processed on or after that date.
CLIENT NOTIFICATION
No special client notification is planned or needed.
TRAINING
No special training is planned or needed, however Training Unit material will need to be updated.
DISPOSITION
This SR may be destroyed or deleted after its contents have been noted and the revised manual topics released by this SR have been posted to the On-line Manuals.
DISTRIBUTION
This SR will be distributed according to the electronic distribution list for BFA policy releases. This SR, and revised On-Line Manuals, will be available for agency staff in the On-Line Manual Library, and for public access on the Internet at www.dhhs.nh.gov/dfa/publications.htm, effective July 1, 2022.
BFA/DMS:rs
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CERTIFICATE OF DESTRUCTION
District Office Administrative Supervisor:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
District Office:_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Return this certificate to the BFA Policy Development Unit, 129 Pleasant St, Brown Bldg, 3rd Floor, Concord, NH 03301 after the instructions in this SR have been carried out, but within ten (10) days from receipt of this SR.