Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
The date we approve your application affects the amount of
benefits you get. If you are eligible for:
(1) TANF or SFA cash assistance, your
benefits start:
(a) The date we have enough
information to make an eligibility decision; or
(b) No later than the thirtieth day from the
date of application; or
(c) Once
you have completed the WorkFirst orientation if required under WAC
388-400-0005(2)
or 388-400-0010(3),
back to the date we received all other information needed to determine
eligibility.
(2) PWA or
RCA cash assistance, your benefits start:
(a)
The date we have enough information to make an eligibility decision;
or
(b) No later than the thirtieth
day from the date of application.
(3) ABD cash assistance, your benefits start:
(a) The date we have enough information to
make an eligibility decision; or
(b) No later than the forty-fifth day from
the date of application unless:
(i) You are
confined in a Washington state public institution as defined in WAC
388-406-0005(6)(a)
on the forty-fifth day, in which case your
benefits will start on the date you are released from confinement; or
(ii) You are approved for ABD cash assistance
at the time of your housing and essential needs (HEN) referral incapacity
review as described in WAC
388-447-0110, in which case your
benefits will start on the date you provided sufficient medical evidence to
establish disability as defined in WAC
388-449-0001.
(4) Basic Food, your
benefits start from the date you applied unless:
(a) You are recertified for Basic Food. If
you are recertified for Basic Food, we determine the date your benefits start
under WAC
388-434-0010;
(b) You applied for Basic Food while living
in an institution. If you apply for Basic Food while living in an institution,
the date you are released from the institution determines your start date as
follows. If you are expected to leave the institution:
(i) Within thirty days of the date we receive
your application, your benefits start on the date you leave the institution;
or
(ii) More than thirty days from
the date we receive your application, we deny your application for Basic Food.
You may apply for Basic Food again when your date of release from the
institution is closer.
(c) We were unable to process your
application within thirty days because of a delay on your part. If you caused
the delay, but submit required verification by the end of the second thirty-day
period, we approve your benefits starting the date you provide the required
verification. We start your benefits from this date even if we denied your
application for Basic Food.
(d) We
initially denied your application for Basic Food and your assistance unit (AU)
becomes categorically eligible (CE) within sixty days from the date you
applied. If your AU becoming CE under WAC
388-414-0001 makes you eligible
for Basic Food, the date we approve Basic Food is the date your AU became
CE.
(e) You are approved for
transitional food assistance under chapter 388-489 WAC. We determine the date
transitional benefits start as described under WAC
388-489-0015.
(f) You receive transitional food assistance
with people you used to live with, and are now approved to receive Basic Food
in a different assistance unit:
(i) We must
give the other assistance unit ten days notice as described under WAC
388-458-0025 before we remove you
from the transitional food assistance benefits.
(ii) Your Basic Food benefits start the first
of the month after we remove you from the transitional benefits. For example,
if we remove you from transitional benefits on November 30th, you are eligible
for Basic Food on December 1st.
Statutory Authority:
RCW
74.04.005,
74.04.050,
74.04.055,
74.04.057,
74.04.510,
74.08.090,
74.08A.100,
74.04.770,
74.04.0052,
74.04.655,
74.08.043,
74.08.335, and 2011 1st sp.s. c
36. 12-10-042, § 388-406-0055, filed 4/27/12, effective 6/1/12. Statutory
Authority:
RCW
74.04.050,
74.04.055,
74.04.057,
74.04.510,
74.08.090, and
74.08A.010 and 7 C.F.R. 273.2(h).
10-11-033, § 388-406-0055, filed 5/11/10, effective 7/1/10. Statutory
Authority:
RCW
74.08.060,
74.04.050,
74.04.055,
74.04.057,
74.08.090, and 2009 c 198.
09-20-031, § 388-406-0055, filed 9/29/09, effective 11/1/09. Statutory
Authority:
RCW
74.04.050,
74.04.055,
74.04.057,
74.04.510,
74.08.090, and
74.08A.010. 05-19-060, §
388-406-0055, filed 9/16/05, effective 11/1/05. Statutory Authority:
RCW
74.04.050,
74.04.055,
74.04.057,
74.04.510. 03-22-039, §
388-406-0055, filed 10/28/03, effective 12/1/03. Statutory Authority:
RCW
74.04.050,
74.04.055,
74.04.057,
74.04.510, and
74.08.090. 02-14-023, §
388-406-0055, filed 6/21/02, effective 7/1/02. Statutory Authority:
RCW
74.04.050,
74.04.055,
74.04.057 and
74.08.090. 98-16-044, §
388-406-0055, filed 7/31/98, effective
9/1/98.