WAC 388-464-0001   Requirement to cooperate with quality assurance.  (1) To be eligible for temporary assistance for needy families (TANF), state family assistance (SFA), or federal food stamp benefits, the following clients are required to cooperate in the quality assurance review process:

     (a) All adult recipients or payees in a TANF or SFA assistance unit; or

     (b) All household members in a food assistance unit.

     (2) Assistance units become ineligible for benefits upon a determination of noncooperation by quality assurance and remain ineligible until the client meets quality assurance requirements or:

     (a) For TANF/SFA clients, one hundred twenty days from the end of the annual quality assurance review period; or

     (b) For food assistance household members, ninety-five days from the end of the annual quality assurance review period.

     (3) The quality assurance review period covers the federal fiscal year which runs from October 1st of one calendar year through September 30th of the following year.

     (4) Individuals reapplying for TANF, SFA, or federal food stamps after the sanction period has ended must provide verification of all eligibility requirements. However, individuals meeting expedited service criteria only need to provide expedited service verification requirements.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057 and 74.08.090. 98-16-044, § 388-464-0001, filed 7/31/98, effective 9/1/98.]