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Field Op 2004-21: Homeless Child-Care Services for EA Recipients

DTA
The Office of Child Care Services (OCCS) has developed a Homeless Child- Care Voucher Program to provide child-care services to homeless EA families. This memo describes how to facilitate the processing of child-care requests for EA homeless recipients.

FNS Regional Letter 04-20 - Agency Rulemaking (Nutrition Education)

USDA

Hotline Focus - 5/04

DTA
How it affects FS and TAFDC benefits when someone other than the recipient pays part or all of the recipient's rent.

Field Op 2004-20: Shelter to Housing Placement Program (S2H)

DTA
The Department, in collaboration with the Housing Assistance Program (HAP) providers, is proposing an innovative, one-time use of EA funds to assist in the transition of homeless families out of shelter into permanent housing by the end of this fiscal year. This program is called The…

FNS Regional Letter 04-16 - ABAWD 15% Exemption

USDA

FNS Regional Letter 04-17: Public Housing and SUA Mandatory Allowance

USDA

FNS Regional Letter 04-18: "Farm Bill" proposed FS regulation changes

USDA

Field Op 2004-19: Disability Window Discrepencies

DTA
The Department recently automated the flow of information to the Disability window with information received from PRO (DES) and SSA tape files in an effort to streamline the disability process. Field Operations Memo 2004-1 (dated January 30, 2004) told TAO staff about the automated process.

Field Op 2004-16: TAFDC - Sixty-day work search period and work program procedures

DTA
The purpose of this memo is to clarify the procedures AU Managers must follow during the 60-day work search period whenever a grantee becomes work program required.

FNS Regional Letter 04-19: ABAWD Waivers, New Method for Calculating Unemp Rate

USDA

Field Op 2004-15: DTA/DMR Food Stamp Outreach Inititative

DTA
In our continued effort to increase food stamp participation and reduce barriers to access, the Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) and the Department of Mental Retardation (DMR) have met over the past several months to identify obstacles DMR clients face in accessing food stamp benefits. A…

Field Op 2004-17: Clarification to Child-care Services

DTA
The Office of Child Care Services (OCCS) and DTA have agreed to the following changes in child-care procedures. This memo describes how to facilitate the processing of child-care requests for current and former TAFDC recipients.

Quality Corner: Cooling SUA (Food Stamps)

DTA
Extra charge paid to housing authority for having an air conditioner count as a cooling expense entitling household to Heating/Cooling SUA.

DTA Standard Budget of Assistance for FY 2004 - Report to Legislature

Department of Transitional Assistance
DTA's annual report to the MA Legislature on the TAFDC Standard Budgets of Assistance for FY 2004

Hotiline Focus - 4/04

DTA
Step-grandparent and TAFDC relationship requirement; proper way to close FS case for recipient moving out of state; reporting requirements for FS applicants with pending UI claims.

FNS Regional Letter 04-14: Questions and Answers about the Farm Bill

USDA

Public Housing Notice 2004-02 : Veterans Definition

DHCD

Public Housing Notice 2004-01 : Reporting Applicant and Tenant Data

DHCD

Field Op 2004-12: Food Stamp Applicant Processing Guidelines

DTA
Continued outreach efforts and simplification of food stamp program rules to reduce access barriers have resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of food stamp applications across the state. To process these applications timely, TAOs are encouraging and using the waiver of the face-to-face…

Field Ops Memo 2004-13: TAFDC: Establishing Paternity

DTA
Background Field Operations Memo 2003-25 gave TAO Staff an explanation of DOR’s policy regarding genetic marker tests (GMT) and procedures for completing the necessary forms.Purpose of Memo This memo clarifies issues that have arisen since the paternity affidavit procedures were issued in…

Field Op 2004-09: Food Stamp Farm Bill of 2002: Income and Asset Exclusions

DTA
In our continued effort to decrease access barriers and simplify FS rules, the Department has taken advantage of the Farm Bill option to exclude certain Income and Assets to mirror cash regulations for purposes of determining FS eligibility and benefit amount. The affected regulations are 106 CMR…

FNS Regional Letter 04-12: Medicare Prescription Drug Card

USDA

Field Op 2004-10: EAEDC: Reinstating the eligibility category of participating in the Mass Rehab Commission and the previous di

DTA
Field Operations Memo 2004-7 and Field Operations Memo 2004-8 told TAO Staff that budget shortfalls left the Department without sufficient EAEDC funding for the remainder of fiscal year 2004. This deficiency required the elimination of Participating in the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission…

Food Stamps - Penalty and Warning Signature Page (RR-FSP-1B)

DTA
Per Field Operations Memo 2006-53, this separate penalty warning signature page is only to be used to FS applications through SSI and for applications over the internet when an interview is subsequently conducted by phone. For all other FS applicants, the penalty warning should be part of the…

EAEDC - Client Authorizaton to Verify MRC Participation (EAEDC-5)

DTA

EAEDC Program Brochure - Spanish (EAEDC-PB (S))

DTA

Hotline Focus - 3/04

DTA
EA: Intervening housing since eviction from subsidized apartment for nonpayment; TAFDC: step-grandparents not eligible based on relationship requirement.

EAEDC - Mass Rehab (MRC) Program Involvement Verifications (EAEDC-6)

DTA

Quality Control: Self-Employment Income

DTA

Field Op 2004-08: EAEDC - Using SSI Disability Standards to Determine Disability

DTA
The Department revised the EAEDC medical standards to conform to the SSI disability criteria (excluding the durational requirement). The Disability Evaluation Services (DES) will determine EAEDC disability using the SSI disability criteria without regard to SSA

FYI Signature Page Updates

DTA

FYI Food Stamp Benefit Amount

DTA
Removes language that a Food Stamp benefit amount cannot equal $1, $3, or $5.

Field Op 2004-07: EAEDC : Eliminating the Eligibility Category of MRC

DTA
Budget shortfalls have left the Department without sufficient EAEDC funding for the remainder of fiscal year 2004. This deficiency requires the elimination of Participating in the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC) Program as a categorical eligibility reason for EAEDC. This does not mean…

Field Op 2004-05: TAFDC Ineligible Noncitizen Work Program Required Status Reasons

DTA
The Work Requirements window did not allow AU Managers to enter Work Program Required = Yes for Noncitizen Assessed Persons (AP) who are nonexempt and have a legal obligation to support their dependents and are ineligible for TAFDC for themselves because of their INS status.

Field Op 2004-06: Work Requirements - TAFDC TAB Issues

DTA
A recent review of TAFDC APs who are work program required has revealed issues with the TAFDC Tab of the Work Requirements window that prevent accurate data from being saved. Although the correct Work Program Requirements information appears on the window, this data was not properly saved in BEACON.

DTA form letter requiring application for SSI benefits (eng/span)

DTA
Form letter, in English and Spanish, sent to EAEDC recipients whom DES determines may be eligible for SSI benefits, requiring them to apply in order to remain eligible for EAEDC.

Field Op 2004-04: Custodial Parent Notice from DOR - TAFDC

DTA
This memo informs TAO staff that DOR has developed a new notice that is sent monthly to current and former TAFDC recipients telling them about the child support collected in the previous month.

Hotline Focus - 2/04

DTA
Child care for community service placements; lack of child care as good cause once community service placement has been approved.

U.S. Dept of HHS finds DTA violated ADA by failing to provide appropriate EA Shelter to accommodate needs of disabled children

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
The Federal Department of Health and Human Services IDHHS) Office of Civil Rights affirms Civil Rights Complaint, finding that DTA violated the ADA in its failure to provide a reasonable accommodations in the Emergency Shelter (EA) program for homeless family whose children with severe disabilities…

Field Op 2004-03: Social Security/SSI COLA update for TAFDC, EA, EAEDC and the FS program

DTA
Effective January 2004, Social Security benefits and SSI payments increased by 2.1 percent. The base level Medicare Part B premium increased from $58.70 to $66.60. The Medicare Part B penalty premium also increased, as identified in the 2004 Medicare Part B Surcharge Premiums chart (see Attachment…

FYI: Eligibility for Noncitizens

DTA
Reminds case workers that they must tell all immigrant applicants that even if they are not eligible for benefits their family members may be, that case workers must not press reluctant applicants to provide immigration status or SSN, and that case workers are not to report any immigrant's status to…

Field Op 2004-02: OCCS Memo to CCRRs

DTA
This memo is informational only. It alerts DTA staff about a memo that was sent by the Office of Child Care Services (OCCS) to the Child Care Resource Referral (CCRR) agencies on December 18, 2003. This is the text from that memo:

Food Stamps - Transitional Benefits Allowance (TBA) Sample Form

DTA

2004 DTA Facts and Figures

DTA

Hotline Focus - 1/04

DTA
Treatment of lump sum income at application stage for TAFDC and FS.

Field Op 2004-01: Automating the Disability Window

DTA
The Department has automated the flow of information to the Disability Window received from PRO (DES) and SSA tape files thereby eliminating some of the manual steps currently required by the AU Manager (AUM). The new disability processing will begin 2/2/2004 and the AUM will see the results and…

FYI: Eligibility for Noncitizens (TAFDC and Food Stamps)

DTA
Reminder to case workers that 1) they must tell applicants that even if they are not personally eligible for benefits a family member may be, 2) once a person indicates an unwillingness to provide verification of immigratin status or social security number, the case worker must stop asking for such…

2004 - DTA Transitions Newsletters From 2004

DTA
DTA Transitions Newsletters for 2004: December 2004:  FS Quality Corner: worker has responsibility to ask about LIHEA payments. November 2004:  Direct Deposit Project; FS Work RFequirement and Refugee Training Programs; Globe Santa; resources for program information concerning…

FNS Regional Letters, Table of Contents FY 2002 and 2003

USDA

2003 DTA Field Ops Memos: INDEX to Memos

DTA