1. (a)

   1. (1) Payment will begin on the first day of the month in which the application is being certified.
   2. (2) The initial payment will not be prorated based on the date of certification.
   3. (3) The first payment will be for a full month even if the application is certified on the last day of the month.

2. (b)

   1. (1) For purposes of this section, the “month of certification” means the month in which eligibility is determined to exist.
   2. (2) See example below. Example: The worker determines eligibility and completes the application process on August 28. After a second-party review, the supervisor concurs with the eligibility determination and it is keyed to ANSWER on September 1. The first month of payment will be for August, and it will be a full month’s payment.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: “07/01/1999”