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IMA POLICY MANUAL
PART IV: NON-FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
CHAPTER 1: GROUP COMPOSITION
INTENTIONAL PROGRAM VIOLATION (IPV) 1.5.2
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A person may permanently or temporarily be ineligible if s/he has been found by a federal, state, or D.C. court to have committed an IPV, which is an action by an individual that leads intentionally to the following:
- a false or misleading statement;
- a misrepresentation, concealment, or withholding of facts; or
- any act intended to mislead, misrepresent, conceal, or withhold facts.
The action must be for the purpose of receiving TANF or FS benefits for which the family is not eligible.
This ineligibility is in addition to and cannot be substituted for any other sanction or penalties which may be imposed by law for the same offenses.
The Disqualified Customer System Coordinator will send a Program Disqualification Notice to the SSR who is responsible for handling case activity for an individual who is to be disqualified. The terms of the disqualification will be noted on the form.
If there is an IPV disqualification, the SSR shall do the following:
- delete the needs of the individual from the group,
- deem his/her assets and income according to Chapter 2: Whose Assets are Counted and Chapter 5: Whose Income is Counted in Part VI, and
- provide assistance to other eligible members of the group.
Also, an individual found to have committed an IPV is ineligible for:
- six months for the first offense,
- 12 months for the second offense, and
- permanently for the third offense.
The disqualification periods for the first and second offense do not expire until they have actually been imposed and may not run concurrently with other disqualifications.
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See TANF for the definition of an IPV. In addition, an administrative disqualification hearing decision may substitute for a court decision. The disqualified individual is not counted when determining the household size, asset limit, allotment level, or the gross and net income eligibility limits. Deem the individual's assets and income according to Chapter 2: Whose Assets are Counted and Chapter 5: Whose Income is Counted in Part VI. An individual found to have committed an IPV is ineligible for:
- a period of twelve months for the first offense;
- a period of twenty-four months for the second offense; and
- permanently for the third offense.
In addition, an individual found to have committed an IPV is ineligble for:
- a period of twenty-four months for the first finding by a federal, state, or DC court of trading a controlled substance for benefits;
- permanently for the second finding by a federal, state, or DC court of trading a controlled substance for benefits;
- permanently for the first occasion of a finding by a federal, state, or D.C. court for trading firearms, ammunition, or explosives for benefits; and
- permanently for having trafficked benefits for an aggregate value of $500 or more.
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Misrepresented Residence in order to Receive Assistance in Two or More States 1.5.3
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Assistance will be denied for a period of ten years to any person convicted in a federal, state, or D.C. court after August 22, 1996 of making a fraudulent statement or misrepresentation with respect to residence in order to receive TANF, FS, SSI, or Medicaid simultaneously in two or more states. The ten-year period will begin on the date of the conviction in federal, state, or D.C. court of having made such a statement or misrepresentation. This policy does not apply to individuals who have been granted a pardon from the President of the United States with respect to the above conduct.
The individual must be denied or terminated from federally funded assistance programs at the earliest possible date. |
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