(a) The following specific steps will be taken to complete a Transitional Employment Assistance Program application approval:
- (1) Ensure the narrative contains sufficient documentation of all eligibility requirements and computations and other pertinent information so that the family’s circumstances and all determinations will be clearly understood by a supervisor or other reviewer;
(2)
- (A) Key the approval in ANSWER.
- (B) The child support referral will be system generated to the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration upon approval;
- (3) Complete Form DHS-3350 for referrals to appropriate agencies for requested services;
- (4) Make any other necessary referrals to agencies or organizations to help meet a specific family need such as housing assistance;
- (5) If there are any requirements still outstanding, such as a child support good cause claim pending or providing verification of school enrollment or immunizations, have the case added to the worker’s To-Do List in ANSWER or other county office control system to ensure the outstanding issues are resolved in a timely manner; and
- (6) In situations in which a system-generated approval notice is not sent, complete Form DCO-1 to notify the casehead of the approval and grant amount.
- (b) If the family also applied for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Medicaid and those applications are still pending, the worker will continue processing those applications.