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State of Wisconsin |
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The policy on this page is from a previous version of the handbook.
In limited circumstances, local agency workers may use CARES to determine eligibility and electronically interface CTS benefits for previous time periods.
The most common instance of backdating occurs when, even after a grace month, the parent has not complied with review requirements and the CTS assistance in a CARES case has closed. The worker may reopen the CTS assistance in this case if the parent requests CTS and complies with requirements within the first month the CTS assistance is closed in CARES.
Another common instance of backdating occurs when a parent with an open CARES case is unexpectedly awarded Supplemental Security Income (SSI) eligibility to a month earlier than the present month. In this case, the local agency worker may adjust dates in CARES to allow the initial CTS eligibility begin with the first month of SSI eligibility (assuming all CTS criteria were also met by the assistance group). However, backdating to the SSI start date is allowed only when the assistance group has been an open assistance case in CARES for the entire period of backdating. In this case, the month of “application for assistance” is considered to be the application date of the most recent continuously open case in CARES.
Under no circumstances may CTS benefits be paid for a month during which the assistance group was not an open case in the CARES system.
In cases not involving retroactive SSI eligibility, such as when someone already receiving SSI opens a FoodShare or Health Care case in CARES, CTS eligibility may not start any earlier than the month of the earliest application/request for CTS.
When the primary person reports a dependent child has moved into the home by the 10th of the month following the month in which the child moved in, the effective date of the person add should be the date the child moved into the home. If the move was not reported by the 10th of the following month, the effective date of the move is the date the move was reported. If the child is determined eligible for CTS, the IM agency must request supplemental CTS benefits for the entire month for the effective date that the child was in the home, and any subsequent months.
| Example 1 Ann has a CTS case with her son Jimmy and receives $250 a month in CTS benefits. She reports on November 2 that her 14-year-old daughter, Brooke, moved back into the home in October. The worker adds Brooke to the case and determines she is eligible for CTS in December. As a result, the December benefit will increase to $400. Since Ann reported her daughter was in the home before the 10th of the following month, the worker also determines CTS eligibility for Brooke for the months of October and November and finds that Brooke was eligible for CTS for both months. The worker requests CTS supplements of $150 each for both October and November. |
| Example 2 Same as Example 1, but Ann doesn’t report Brooke moved back into the home until November 11. Since Ann failed to report the change by November 10, the effective date is November 11—the date Ann reported the change. Brooke should not be added to the case until November 11. After determining eligibility, the worker should request a CTS supplement of only $150 for November. |
This page last updated in Release Number: 18-01
Release Date: 9/28/2018
Effective Date: 9/28/2018
The information concerning the Caretaker Supplement program provided in this handbook release is published in accordance with Section 49.775 of the Wisconsin Statutes and Chapters HA 3 and DHS 2 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
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