1. (a) Protective payment will be authorized by the County Administrator upon recommendation of the Program Eligibility Coordinator or his or her designee.

2. (b)

   1. (1) Form DCO-195, Request for Protective Payee Approval, will be used by the county office to recommend a person to act as the protective payee.
   2. (2) It will also be used by the County Administrator to authorize a protective payee request.

3. (c)

   1. (1) Once authorization of the protective payee is received, the worker will notify the participant via Form DCO-1 that the transitional employment assistance (TEA) payment will be changed to a protective payment.
   2. (2) This notice must meet the requirements of a timely and adequate notice and will include the name of the protective payee.
   3. (3) A case will be created in ANSWER with the protective payee as the casehead.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: “12/06/11”