Code of Massachusetts Regulations
106 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE
Title 106 CMR 703.000 - Transitional Cash Assistance Programs: Nonfinancial Eligibility
Section 703.340 - Residence
Universal Citation: 106 MA Code of Regs 106.703
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(A) Requirements.
(1) An
applicant or client must meet one of two residency requirements:
(a) the child and the relative are living in
Massachusetts, with the intention of making their home in Massachusetts, but
are not required to keep a permanent residence or fixed address; or
(b) the child and relative are living in
Massachusetts temporarily, are not receiving assistance from another state, and
the reason for entering Massachusetts was to fulfill a job commitment or look
for a job.
(2) An
applicant or client does not meet the residency requirements when he or she is
entering and residing in Massachusetts for a temporary purpose other than
fulfilling a temporary job commitment or looking for a temporary job and he or
she plans to leave Massachusetts upon completion of this temporary
purpose.
(3) There is a rebuttable
presumption that an applicant or client does not meet the residency
requirements when he or she is entering and residing in Massachusetts for the
purpose of school attendance by a filing unit member.
(4) Under 106 CMR 703.340(A)(1)(a), the
primary determination of residency is intent. Except as specified in 106 CMR
703.340(A)(2) or (3), the applicant or client meets the residency requirements
if he or she has no present intent to leave Massachusetts, although not
intending to stay in Massachusetts permanently.
(5) Under 106 CMR 703.340(A)(1)(b), the
primary determination of residency is the purpose for which the relative
entered Massachusetts. Except as specified in 106 CMR 703.340(A)(2), the
applicant or client meets the residency requirements if he or she entered
Massachusetts with a specific job commitment or to seek work with no immediate
intent to leave Massachusetts at the end of the job
commitment.
(B) Verifications. If verification is necessary, the method of verifying residence depends on the residency requirement the applicant or client claims to have met.
(1) If
the applicant or client claims intent to make his or her home in Massachusetts,
residence is verified by one or more of the following:
(a) a signed statement from a landlord
specifying the rental arrangement;
(b) a deed or other proof of ownership of the
property used as the home;
(c)
postal service records;
(d) church
or religious institution records;
(e) utility company records;
(f) voter registration records;
(g) motor vehicle license or registration;
or
(h) employment
records.
(2) If the
applicant or client is homeless, and if documentary evidence is not available,
residence is verified by one of the following:
(a) a collateral contact with a person who
can verify where the applicant or client lives; or
(b) a written statement signed by the
applicant or the client or by a person known to the household declaring where
the household lives.
(3)
If the applicant or client claims that he or she is living in Massachusetts, is
not receiving assistance in another state and entered Massachusetts with a job
commitment or is seeking work in Massachusetts, residence is verified by:
(a) a signed statement from the employer
making the job commitment; or
(b)
current documentation from a One-stop Career Center.
(4) Verification that a filing unit is no
longer receiving public assistance in another state and the date of termination
of such assistance must be provided when the filing unit:
(a) has moved into Massachusetts within six
months before the date of application; and
(b) states that one or more of its members
was receiving public assistance in another state.
If one or more members of the filing unit was receiving public assistance in another state, the earliest eligibility date in Massachusetts will be in accordance with 106 CMR 702.150: Date Assistance Begins.
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