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Change Report for Nutrition, Cash, and Medical Assistance Benefits

Reporting certain changes is required when you are eligible for benefits from the following programs:

  • Nutrition Assistance (NA)
  • Cash Assistance (CA)
  • Medical Assistance (MA)

You can report changes in the following ways:

When do changes need to be reported?

For Nutrition Assistance (NA) and Cash Assistance (CA) (except the Two-Parent Employment Program (TPEP)), you must report the change by the 10th calendar day of the month following the month the change occurred. For Medical Assistance (MA) and TPEP, changes must be reported within 10 calendar days from the date you know about the change. Unanticipated changes must be reported within 10 days of the date the change occurred.

What changes need to be reported?

Nutrition Assistance (NA) and Cash Assistance (CA) (except TPEP) are subject to Simplified Reporting. Medical Assistance (MA) and (TPEP) are assigned to Standard Reporting. Check your approval letter to determine which one you have been assigned.

The following charts can help you remember some of the changes for each program you must report.

Simplified Reporting - Program-Specific Notes

Cash Assistance (CA) (except TPEP)

Nutrition Assistance (NA)

Medical Assistance (MA) and Two Parent Employment Program (TPEP)

You need to report changes when:

  • Your total gross income of all persons getting Cash Assistance in your household totals more than 36% of the 1992 Federal Poverty Level, which is anything over the CA payment that you are eligible to receive.
  • When a dependent child moves out of the household or is removed by a government agency.

You need to report changes when:

  • The gross monthly income of all the Nutrition Assistance participants in your household, including disqualified participants, totals more than 200% of the current Federal Poverty Level.
  • A household member receives lottery and gambling winnings of $4,500 or more in a single game. (Casinos, Lottery, Bingo, etc).
  • An Able-Bodied Adult Without Dependents (ABAWD) aged 18-64 who does not meet an ABAWD Exemption has a decrease in average work hours below 80 hours per month.

Simplified Reporting does not apply to MA or TPEP. See Standard Reporting requirements.
Standard Reporting Requirements

Types of Changes to Report

CA, TPEP

MA

Address Change

Moved or relocated to another address

Yes

Yes

Changes in Household Member(s)

Someone moved in or out of your household

Yes

Yes

Changes in Marital Status

Any member of your household

 

No

Yes

School Attendance (Ages 6 to 15)

Yes

 No

School Attendance (16 years and older)

No

Yes

Dependent Care Expense (Childcare)

No

No

Housing Expense

When you have reported a change of address

Yes

No

Income **

Earned income: Self-employment/work wages, etc. Unearned income: Child support, SSI, Retirement, Gift, etc.

Yes

Yes

Resources

Examples of resource types, but not limited to: Savings, retirement account, 401K

Yes

No

Please note that it helps you to report a change to your mailing address to ensure that you receive information about your renewal.

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