Human Services Building
Salem, OR 97310
SDSD Program Manual Letter: #8
Date: June 15, 2000
Effective Date: July 1, 2000
Reference: AFS Administrative Rules Manual Letter #13
The Eligibility Tools page has changed. As you are aware the Eligibility Tools page includes program manuals for GA, OSIP, FS, etc. It also contains "additional" manuals such as the Generic Program Elements and the Worker Guides. In order to more easily view all of the manuals, the Program Manuals are now arranged along the left hand side and the Additional Manuals are on the right hand side (rather than one above the other). Also, they are now in alphabetical order.
Major Changes
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Manual |
Change |
Section/Item |
Rule Change (may not be updated immediately) |
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Counting Client Assets |
Adds information regarding SSB and SSI overpayments. |
A.2 |
N/A |
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Clarifies when to exclude revocable burial arrangements as a resource. |
B.8 | |
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Late addition |
Adds Senior Companions to Domestic Volunteers Services Act. |
B.18 | |
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Adds a note clarifying that households with income producing property may be eligible for a deduction for necessary costs, when the income producing property is not counted as self-employment. If the income producing property is treated as self-employment, only the 50% deduction is allowed when there are allowable costs. |
B.31 |
N/A |
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Adds policy that was previously omitted but that is part of administrative rule. The part of the USDA meal reimbursement that is for children in the filing group is to be counted as unearned income for the household. |
B.70 | |
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Food Stamps |
Adds a reminder to narrate the reasons when actual utility/medical costs are claimed, and the FS case is opened, pending verification of the costs, without using the actual costs. |
B.13 |
N/A |
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Changes to FS work requirements. Click here for more information. |
Various |
Various |
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Adds clarification regarding how to compute stable income when a person is paid twice a month instead of every two weeks and how to annualize self-employment income where there are allowable costs. |
E.9 |
N/A |
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General Assistance |
Increase in the basic standard (effective 8/1/00) |
E.3 | |
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Generic Program Elements |
Changes "prison" to "public institution" as it relates to when an individual is on home or work-release and no longer is considered an inmate. |
N.1 | |
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Added rule references plans for self-support. |
N.2 |
N/A |
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Added a section on sponsored noncitizens. These rules have been revised. |
N.3 | |
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OHP |
Specifies under what situations a disqualification for nonpayment of premiums can be waived. The situations discussed are when a member has filed for bankruptcy, when the Division is notified a member of the filing group is an American Indian or Alaskan Native or a resident in a long term care facility. |
D.13 | |
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OSIP |
Changed "eligibility period" to "certification period" for the EPD program. |
B.9 | |
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Clarified that a client cannot be required to incur a cost for health insurance. |
D.4 | |
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Expanded the definition of "engaged in employment" for EPD. |
D.11 | |
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Specifies how to treat periodic income for EPD. |
E.4 | |
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Detailed the process for averaging income for EPD (used for eligibility and premium calculations). |
E.5 E.6 G.9 | |
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Simplified the adjusted income calculation for EPD. Any expenses that are allowed as a deduction are now subtracted at one time. |
E.6 | |
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EPD cost share: removed a the reference to rule 461-160-0620 as this rule does not apply to EPD clients. |
G.8 | |
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Specified what an EPD client is required to report. |
F.2 | |
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Adds the amount a noncitizen must earn each quarter to get credits for the quarters worked in 1999 and 2000. |
B.2 |
N/A | |
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Updated the vital statistics contact list |
B.3 |
N/A |
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Added service examples to the Effective Dates WG |
F.8 |
N/A |