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Department
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First Online Policy Manual Authorization of Grants |
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32.2 |
AUTHORIZATION OF DIFFERENTIAL GRANTS |
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Certain Families First AUs, with one to
five individuals, are eligible for larger Families First grant amounts. These increased grant amounts are called
differential grants. The following AUs will receive differential grants: ·
Child only
cases: cases in which the non-parental caretaker is not included in the AU
and SSI caretaker cases; these are cases where the caretaker is an “NA”. ·
Disabled
caretakers: caretaker has a medically verified disability (not an incapacity) - refer to the verification section of the
Work Requirements Chapter for definitions of which persons fall under the
disabled category. ·
Caretakers
caring for a disabled relative living in the home. ·
Caretakers
age 60 and older. Exception: AUs are not eligible for a differential
when the caretaker is: ·
An NA
because he/she is an illegal alien. ·
A minor
parent. The caseworker must enter the correct exemption codes in the
Eligibility and case management system to ensure that the system will
properly compute the differential grant amount. |
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