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IMA POLICY MANUAL
PART IV: NON-FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
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A homeless person is an individual who lacks a fixed and regular nighttime residence or whose nighttime residence is:
- a supervised private or public shelter designed to provide temporary accommodations for the homeless;
- an accommodation which provides temporary residence for individuals released from institutions;
- a temporary accommodation in the residence of another; or
- a place not designed or ordinarily used as a residence such as a public hallway, bus station, park, building entrance, and so on.
A homeless person who generally resides within District borders is considered a resident of the District. Homeless persons should be encouraged to give a mailing address so that they can receive notices from IMA. However, a mailing address is not a requirement to receive benefits |
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No individual may participate in more than one state's program in any month unless that individual is a resident of a shelter for battered women and children and was a member of a household containing the person who had abused him/her (see Section 10.10: Shelter Facilities for Battered Women & Children in this Part).
If the applicant household indicates that they either did not receive or did not redeem benefits from the other state in that month, the SSR may accept their declaration, request verification from the other state, and if the group is otherwise eligible, issue benefits for the month of application.
If the applicant acknowledges receiving benefits, the application may be used to establish eligibility for the first month for which benefits were not received from the other state.
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Assistance must terminate at the end of the month in which a person moves to another state.
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Assistance shall continue for the two months following the month in which a person moves to another state provided the group continues to meet all other financial and non-financial eligibility requirements (see Part IV: Non-Financial Eligibility and Part VI: Financial Eligibility) and the group verifies that it has applied for assistance in the other state. The group is not permitted, however, to receive benefits in two states for the same benefit month.
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See MA.
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See MA. |
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The following applies to all programs except for the DC HealthCare Alliance. See below for verification requirements relating to the Alliance.
Residence shall be verified, subject to the following provisions:
- There is a difference between verifying that someone is a DC resident and verifying his/her current address. A customer may be able to establish that he/she is a resident of DC without providing documentation of his/her exact address, such as a homeless person. Also, a person may provide proof that he/she is staying at a particular address in DC and yet not be a DC resident, such as a vacationer or a diplomat.
- A person's statements regarding his/her intent to remain a resident of the District of Columbia are acceptable verification unless they are inconsistent or in conflict with known facts.
- A client who has just arrived in DC, an immigrant, or a homeless person who does not have a permanent address cannot be denied benefits solely for lack of verification of residency. The SSR should note the lack of verification and the reason it is unavailable in the case record. The SSR should inquire as to exactly where the client sleeps and annotate the case record accordingly.
Verification sources include, but are not limited, to the following:
- Residence
- driver's license,
- other types of I.D. which provide both a name and address,
- mortgage or rent receipt,
- utility bills,
- lease or statement from the landlord or shelter, or
- collateral contact
- Intent to return to D.C.
- evidence that possessions remain in D.C.,
- evidence that a local job is being held for return., or
- evidence that the reason for the absence implies intent to remain a D.C. resident.
Applicants/recipients are not required to verify a reported mailing address.
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DC HealthCare Alliance
Effective September 15, 2009, the following are the only allowable verifications of DC residence for the DC HealthCare Alliance:
- A current DC driver's license or current Non-Driver ID issued by the DC Department of Motor Vehicles;
- A voter registration card with an address in the District of Columbia;
- An unexpired lease, rental agreement, or rent receipt for a residence in the District of Columbia ;
- A deed, settlement agreement, or mortgage statement for a residence in the District of Columbia ;
- A DC Property Tax bill issued within the last 60 days for a residence in the District of Columbia ;
- An unexpired homeowner’s or renter’s insurance policy for a residence in the District of Columbia ;
- A utility bill (water, gas, electric, oil, cable, or landline telephone) for a residence in the District of Columbia, issued in the last 60 days;
- A pay stub indicating a DC address and DC withholding taxes, for pay received in the last 30 days; or
- A letter from a verifiable source confirming that the applicant resides in the District. Such a letter must meet the following criteria:
- The letter is signed by a DC resident, or a DC social service provider, with the signer’s name, DC address, and telephone number;
- The letter states that the applicant is a DC resident; and
- If signed by a DC resident, the signer must provide a document from the items above establishing the signer’s DC residency.
- Applicants may use the “Proof of D.C. Residency Form” as the letter. This form may be completed by either of the following;
- A DC resident who provides one of the documents listed above as proof of their own DC residence; or
- A non-profit social service provider, such as a community health provider*, a shelter, a religious organization, a legal clinic, or an immigrant services provider
*“Community health provider” does not include a hospital or a contractor working for a hospital.
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Documents provided for other areas of eligibility such as shelter costs and identification should be used as much as possible to verify residence. If such documentation is not sufficient, use a collateral contact or other readily available documents as verification. Any reasonable document or collateral contact is sufficient to establish residence. |
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