8.33 Child Under 12 Months & Family Violence
ISSUE DATE: 09/2020
How to handle the overlap between the child under 12 months exemption and the family violence waiver depends on timing.
If the participant already has a Family Violence Waiver and choses to start the child under 12 months exemption: |
| · Leave family violence plan in place.· Notify the eligibility worker that the participant has chosen the child under 12 months exemption and to leave the family violence waiver in place.· The months will not count towards the participant’s lifetime limit.· Set the review date as the date the exemption is expected to end.· Explain to the participant that MFIP support service dollars and MFIP child care are not available while they have the child under 12 months exemption.· Use the child under 12-month identifier under Holding on WF1 to indicate the participant is choosing the exemption. |
If the participant requests the Family Violence Waiver and the child under 12 months exemption at the same time: |
To ensure that the months do not count towards the participant’s lifetime limit: · The participant must meet with the Employment Counselor to develop a Family Stabilization Services employment plan under the Family Violence Waiver Option.· Note that the plan is on hold.· The participant can claim the exemption after the plan is written and approved and the Family Violence Waiver is in place.· Leave the Family Violence Plan in place.· Notify the eligibility worker that the participant has chosen the child under 12 months exemption and is approved for Family Violence Waiver, so that the 60-month clock stops from that point forward. |
The participant must come in to revise the plan the month after the child under 12 months exemption ends.
· For instance, if the exemption ends in June, the participant should meet with the employment counselor in July.
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