- (a) As a condition of eligibility, a declaration of citizenship, or lawful alien status, must be made in writing, under penalty of perjury, for each transitional employment assistance (TEA) family member.
(b)
- (1) The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-603, requires an applicant for public benefits to declare in writing, under penalty of perjury, whether he or she is a citizen or national of the United States, or if not, that he or she is an alien in satisfactory immigration status.
- (2) An individual must be given certain status options from which to choose to make his or her citizenship declaration.
(c)
- (1) The ANSWER-generated Client Declaration statement is used to obtain the written declaration for the family.
- (2) The Program Eligibility Specialist enters the information in the citizenship area of the Client Profile tab for each member of the TEA budget unit.
- (3) The individual must be given the status options listed on the Client Profile tab from which to choose to make his or her citizenship declaration.
(d)
- (1) The alien number, status, date of entry, and country of origin must be completed on the Client Profile tab for any family member included in the assistance unit who is not a United States citizen.
- (2) It must be verified, as described in 20 CAR § 502-408, that the Immigration and Naturalization Service status meets the TEA eligibility criteria for an alien.
- (3) The Client Declaration is printed and the casehead signs the form on behalf of all adults and children included in the assistance unit.
(e)
- (1) The casehead is required to sign the Client Declaration to declare citizenship status of the individual each time a new member is added to the case.
- (2) If the case is closed and the client reapplies, a new Client Declaration declaring the citizenship status of the assistance unit will be required.
Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: “02/15/05”