Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-40.22

Current through Regsiter Vol. 46, No. 26, June 12, 2024

Rule 441-40.22 - Application

The application for the family investment program shall be submitted on the Food and Financial Support Application, Form 470-0462 or Form 470-0462(S). The application shall be signed by the applicant, the applicant's authorized representative or, when the applicant is incompetent or incapacitated, someone acting responsibly on the applicant's behalf. When both parents, or a parent and a stepparent, are in the home and eligibility is determined on a family or household basis, one parent or stepparent may sign the application and attest to the information for the assistance unit.

(1) Each individual wishing to do so shall have the opportunity to apply for assistance without delay. When the parent is in the home with the child and is not prevented from acting as payee by reason of physical or mental impairment, this parent shall make the application.

(2) An applicant may be assisted by other individuals in the application process; the client may be accompanied by such individuals in contact with the department, and when so accompanied, may also be represented by them. When the applicant has a guardian, the guardian shall participate in the application process.

(3) The applicant shall immediately be given an application form to complete. When the applicant requests that the form be mailed, the department shall send the necessary forms in the next outgoing mail.

(4) A new application is not required when adding a new person to the eligible group or when a parent or a stepparent becomes a member of the household.

(5) Reinstatement.

a. Assistance shall be reinstated without a new application when all necessary information is provided before the effective date of cancellation and eligibility can be reestablished, or the family meets the conditions described at 441-subparagraph 41.30(3)"f"(9). Exception: The reinstatement provisions of subrule 40.22(5) do not apply when assistance is canceled due to the imposition of a subsequent limited benefit plan as described at 441-subrule 41.24(8), unless the limited benefit plan is stopped as described in 441-paragraph 41.24(8)"g" or "h."

b. When assistance has been canceled for failure to provide requested information, assistance shall be reinstated without a new application if all information necessary to establish eligibility, including verification of any changes, is provided within 14 days of the effective date of cancellation and eligibility can be reestablished. If the fourteenth calendar day falls on a weekend or state holiday, the client shall have until the next business day to provide the information. The effective date of assistance shall be the date all information required to establish eligibility is provided.

c. When assistance has been canceled for failure to return a completed review form pursuant to subrule 40.27(3), assistance shall be reinstated without a new application if the completed form is received by the department within 14 days of the effective date of cancellation and eligibility can be reestablished. If the fourteenth calendar day falls on a weekend or state holiday, the client shall have until the next business day to provide the information. The effective date of assistance shall be the date the Review/Recertification Eligibility Document, Form 470-2881, is received.

d. When assistance has been canceled for failure to complete a required review interview, assistance shall be reinstated without a new application if the interview is completed and all necessary information to determine eligibility, including verification of any changes, is provided within 14 days of the effective date of cancellation and eligibility is reestablished. If the fourteenth calendar day falls on a weekend or state holiday, the client shall have until the next business day to provide the information. The effective date of assistance shall be the date the interview is completed.

This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections 239B.3, 239B.5 and 239B.6.

Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-40.22

Amended by IAB June 11, 2014/Volume XXXVI, Number 25, effective 8/1/2014.

Amended by IAB September 7, 2022/Volume XLV, Number 5, effective 11/1/2022