Programs: TANF Eligibility Verification Guide

Client’s statement is acceptable for those factors coded “Yes,” unless questionable or inconsistent with known facts.

Number Eligibility factors Accept client statement Policy cite Commonly-used documentation to verify client’s statement if questionable or required
1 Residency Yes 340:10-7-1 References, employers, landlords
2 Relationship Yes 340:10-9-1(b) Birth certificates, hospital certificates, baptismal records
3 Age Yes 340:10-5-1 Birth certificates, hospital certificates, Date Exchange, driver’s license
4 Living in home of relative payee Yes 340:10-3-56 Seeing child in the home, school records
5 Minor parent living in home of relative Yes 340:10-3-56(p) Statement from an adult knowledgeable of the family situation
6 SSN Yes 340:65-3-1(e)
340:10-12-1
SSN card, ADM-101 completed by SSA, W-4, other OKDHS case records, Data Exchange
7 Citizenship No 340:10-15-1
340:65-3-1
317:35-5-25
Birth certificate, SAVE
8 Alien status No 340:10-15-1 SAVE, Immigration documents
9 Income (Earned) No 340:10-3-31(3)
340:10-3-58
Pay stubs, copy of checks, tax records, employer’s statement, ADM-94
10 Income (Unearned) No 340:10-3-39 Award letter, copy of checks, Data Exchange, verbal verification of benefits from agency, provider
11 Resources Yes 340:10-3-2 Bank statement, court house records, Data Exchange
12 Deprivation No 340:10-10
Death No 340-10-10-1 Death certificate, notice of death
Incapacity No 340:10-10-2(c) Medical documentation from provider and decision by OHCA
Unemployed parent No 340:10-10-3(c) Data Exchange, employer’s statement, SSA records
Absence No 340:10-10-4(b) AP address, landlord’s statement, AP statement, interview with collateral source
13 School attendance No 340:10-13-1(a) School documents, ADM-96
14 Immunization No 340:10-14-1(a) Shot records, doctor statement
15 Third party insurance* Yes 317:35-5-43
340:10-3-5(e)
Insurance policy, policy owner statement, client’s employer
16 Mandatory drug screening No 340:10-4-1 Documentation from the substance abuse treatment provider verifying the SASSI, ASI and/or UA results

*This is not a factor of eligibility, but is required information.

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