20 CAR § 503-115 – Making the hardship extension decision

(a) Following the fifty-eight-month case staffing, the initial decision of whether or not to grant a hardship extension to the sixty-month time limit and the length of the extension will be made by a local area panel consisting of the:
1. (1) Area operations chief;
2. (2) Local office manager;
3. (3) Supervisor; and
4. (4) Program Eligibility Specialist.
(b) The decision to extend or close the case will be made in accordance with the hardship extension reasons in 20 CAR § 503-116.