45 CFR § 233.33 - Determining eligibility prospectively for all payment months (AFDC).

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title: "45 CFR § 233.33 - Determining eligibility prospectively for all payment months (AFDC)."
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section_name: "Determining eligibility prospectively for all payment months (AFDC)."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FAMILY ASSISTANCE (ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS), ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
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# 233.33 Determining eligibility prospectively for all payment months (AFDC).

(a) The State plan for AFDC shall provide that the State shall determine all factors of eligibility prospectively for all payment months. Thus, the State agency shall establish eligibility based on its best estimate of income and circumstances which will exist in the month for which the assistance payment is made.

(b) When a IV-A agency receives an official report of a child support collection it shall consider that information as provided in § 232.20(a) of this chapter. (§ 232.20(a) explains the treatment of child support collections.)

[47 FR 5678, Feb. 5, 1982]