Tracking# 2016-00xxx

Emergency 2/5/16, eff. 2/5/16

[I:/16011401_Submittal.doc]

(10 CCR 2506-1)

[Note: Statement of Basis and Purpose has been incorporated with Tracking# 2015-00852 (Agency# 15-10-23-1)]

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4.609.1 GENERAL ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES [Rev. eff. 2/5/16]

A.Effective July 1, 2016, households that receive Food Assistance and Colorado Works basic cash assistance that become ineligible for continued receipt of Colorado Works basic cash assistance as a result of changes in household income are eligible to receive Transitional Food Assistance (TFA), as provided for within this section. Colorado works diversion payments are not considered basic cash assistance. Colorado works basic cash assistance is defined in Section 3.601 of the Code of Colorado Regulations (9 CCR 2503-6).

B.Households that are eligible to receive Transitional Food Assistance will have the Food Assistance benefit amount continued for five (5) months. The household’s Food Assistance allotment will be continued in an amount based on what the household received prior to when the household’s income made them ineligible for Colorado Works basic cash assistance. Only the following four (4) changes will be acted upon when determining the Food Assistance allotment that is to be continued.

1.The loss of the Colorado Works cash grant;

2.Changes in household composition that result in a household member leaving and applying for Food Assistance in another household;

3.Updates to the Food Assistance eligibility standards that change each October 1 as a result of the annual cost-of-living adjustments (see Section 4.607); and,

4.Imposing an intentional program violation disqualification.

C.When the Food Assistance benefit amount is continued, the household’s existing certification period shall end, and the household shall be assigned a new five (5) month certification period. The recertification requirements located within Section 4.209 that would normally apply when the household's certification period ends must be postponed until the end of the five (5) month transitional certification period.

D.Households who are denied or not eligible for Transitional Food Assistance must have continued eligibility and benefit level determined in accordance with Section 4.604.

E.The following households are not eligible to receive Transitional Food Assistance:

1.Households leaving the Colorado Works program due to a Colorado Works sanction; or,

2.Households that are ineligible to receive Food Assistance because all individuals in the household meet one of the following criteria:

a.Disqualified for intentional program violation in accordance with Section 4.803;

b.Ineligible for failure to comply with a work requirement in accordance with Section 4.310;

c.Ineligible student in accordance with Section 4.306;

d.Ineligible non-citizen in accordance with Section 4.305.1;

e.Disqualified for failing to provide information necessary for making a determination of eligibility in accordance with Section 4.500 or for completing any subsequent review of its eligibility in accordance with Sections 4.209 and 4.210;

f.Disqualified for receiving Food Assistance benefits in more than one household in the same month in accordance with Section 4.803.3;

g.Disqualified for being a fleeing felon in accordance with Section 4.304.4;

h.Able-bodied adults without dependents who fail to comply with the requirements of Section 4.310.

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