Code of Massachusetts Regulations
106 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE
Title 106 CMR 703.000 - Transitional Cash Assistance Programs: Nonfinancial Eligibility
Section 703.220 - TAFDC Dependent Child: Younger than 18 Years Old

Universal Citation: 106 MA Code of Regs 106.703

Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024

(A) Requirements. Except as defined in 106 CMR 703.170, school attendance is not required for a child younger than 18 years old for TAFDC eligibility. A child between 16 and 18 years of age who is not attending school, however, must be participating in the ESP program.

(B) Verification.

(1) Age must be verified. Age is verified by a birth or baptismal certificate. If the applicant or client does not have and cannot obtain a birth or baptismal certificate, age is verified by:
(a) Family Bible or genealogical records;

(b) Passport;

(c) Hospital birth record or Notification of Birth Form (NOB-1) signed by an appropriate hospital official;

(d) United States Census records;

(e) Social Security benefit records;

(f) Immigration and Naturalization records;

(g) Court records (e.g., adoption, separate support, adjudication of paternity); or

(h) An affidavit of a third person, if the applicant or client has demonstrated that he or she has tried to obtain the appropriate documents listed in 106 CMR 703.220(B)(1)(a) through (g). See 106 CMR 702.340(B).

(2) Any of the following documents, if dated at least six months before the date of application, and if they contain the child's age, are also acceptable:
(a) School records;

(b) Insurance policies;

(c) Employment records;

(d) Newspaper records and local histories;

(e) Indian agency records;

(f) Child Welfare service records;

(g) Voluntary social service records;

(h) Church records;

(i) Head Start Program records;

(j) Day care center records; or

(k) Other governmental records.

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