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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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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's address must be verified. A client who has just arrived in the area, 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:
- Address
- 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.
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Applicants/recipients are not required to verify a reported mailing address.
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