If NCP is a Payee On TANF, Update the Case

Legal Authority

56 O.S. § 238 Payment of Public Assistance Creating Debt to Department

If the NCP is currently the payee on an active TANF case, you should update the case to status 10 reason code 18 (Absent Parent current TANF client). Make sure to enter a review date and keep checking the case to see when the NCP is no longer on TANF. Every six months TANF cases are reviewed for continued eligibility. This review date should be taken into consideration when choosing the date that you enter for the review date.

To determine the date that the TANF case is due to be reviewed, access the TANF case and go to the EB screen. To access the TANF case on a blank screen or the next line type CMM TANF_ case number and press enter. For example, CMM H123456789. Page through the CMM screens (there may be several depending on how many people have been on the case) to the EB screen. Look at block B5 for the effective date of the TANF. Six months from this date is when the TANF will need to be renewed.  This is the date that you should use for the review date. If you check on the date that the TANF was due to renew and it has not renewed give it a few more days and check again. They may have needed to provide some information and were not able to get it in before the deadline but have since provided it and the TANF renewed.

If the TANF renews update the review date on the CSCU screen for the renewal date for the TANF. If the TANF does not renew the case can be removed from status 10 reason code 18.