Check the EA screen to obtain case and household information.

To view this screen:

1. Login to IMS
2. Clear the screen
3. Type EA (space) and the case number
4. Press ‘Enter’

Field Descriptions

A1 – Case Number
A4 – County Number
A7 – County Code
A10 – Supervisor Number
A13 – Worker Number
A16 – Language Indicator

• Y – (Speak Read English (Personal Contact not Required)
• S – (Adults Speak/Read/or Write Spanish (Personal Contact Required)
• N – (No English Speaking Adult (Personal Contact Required)
• A – (Speak/Cannot Read or Write English (Personal Contact Required).

A19 – Phone Number
A20 – Phone Indicator

• C (Cell)
• F (Friend)
• H (Home)
• N (Neighbor)
• O (Other)
• P (Pager)
• R (Relative)
• W (Work)

A23 – Shelter Type

• B (Half-way house or similar Institution that provides temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized)
• M (Owns home and has mortgage payment)
• N ( Owns paid-off home)
• D (Place not designed for, or ordinarily used, as a regular sleeping accommodation for a human)
• F (Receives rent subsidy from HUD or any government agency)
• R (Renter)
• X ( Shelter and Utilities provided)

A26 – Mailing Street
A27 – Mailing City
A28 – State
A29 – Zip Code
A32 – Extra Address
A36, A37, A38, A39 – Finding Address
A42, A43, A44, A45, A46 – Home Value Information

A47: Primary Language Spoken

• 1 = English
• 2 = Spanish
• 3 = Native Central, South American, and Mexican languages (e.g.,Mixteco, Quichean)
• 4 = Caribbean Languages (e.g., Haitian-Creole, Patois)
• 5 = Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages (e.g., Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali)
• 6 = East Asian Languages (e.g., Chinese, Vietnamese, Tagalog)
• 7 = Native North American / Alaska Native Languages
• 8 = Pacific Island Languages (e.g., Palauan, Fijian)
• 9 = European and Slavic Languages (e.g., German, French, Italian, Croatian, Yiddish, Portuguese, Russian)
• 10 = African Languages (e.g., Swahili, Wolof)
• 11 = Other (e.g., American Sign Language)
• 12 = Unspecified (unknown or head of household declined to identify home language)

A49 – A64 – Companion Case Information

• B (Both financial assistance and food stamp companion cases)
• F = (Food stamp companion case)
• M = (Medical companion case)
• P = (Financial assistance companion case)
• R = (Cross reference only)
• X = (Case number before computer renumbered – computer –entered only)