Relationship - Non-Medical

All people on a program need an assigned relationship to all other program members, excluding those with a high-dated Household Status of either Permanently Out of the Home or Added in Error. To maintain an accurate historical record, changes to relationships should be completed through adding the new relationship, thus end dating the previous relationship.

Relationships are reciprocal and only need to be entered once.

Example: Micah is the son of Bryan — KEES knows that Bryan is Micah’s father.

NOTE: This page uses Continuous Dating, meaning there can be no gaps or overlaps between the records. If needing to make a change to information on this page, users must Add a new record. When the new record is saved, effective dating occurs in order to maintain historical data.

To Add or Update Relationships

Select Eligibility from Global Navigation. Select Customer Information from Local Navigation. Select Relationship from Task Navigation. The Relationship List page displays.
Click the Add button. The Relationship Detail page displays.
Select a Name from the drop-down menu in the First Individual field.

NOTE: To save time, select the person in the home that has the same relationship with other people on the program as the first individual.

Select a Relationship Status from the drop-down menu.

NOTE: When Unrelated is selected as the Relationship Status, a Cohabiting Partner check box displays. The user should indicate this as per policy.

Select a Name from the list in the Second Individual field.
- The Second Individual field is multi-select capable.
If applicable, select the Care and Control check box.

NOTE: Only one consumer should be selected to have Care and Control of a child.

Mark Care and Control in the following instances:

For Child Care:

If the Primary Applicant requesting benefits for the child(ren) is a Non-Parental Caretaker Care and Control should be selected for the child(ren) the caretaker is not a parent or step-parent to.
If the household contains a Step-Parent or Cohabiting Partner relationship, Care and Control must be selected for either the Parent or Step-Parent/Cohabiting Partner.
- If the Cohabiting Partner or Step-Parent is willing and able to care for the child(ren) and his/her schedule should be considered in the Need for Care Schedule, the Care and Control check box must be selected for the Cohabiting Partner or Step-Parent.
- If the Cohabiting Partner or Step-Parent is not willing or able to care for the child(ren) and his/her schedule should not be considered in the benefit hours calculation, then Care and Control check box must be selected for the Parent.

For TANF:

If a Non-Parental Caretaker is requesting TANF Assistance for themselves as well, the Care and Control check box must be selected for the child(ren) the caretaker is not legally responsible for.

NOTE: The Care and Control check box should be selected when a 24 month review period is needed for a Non-Parental Caretaker TANF program.

For Food Assistance (FA):

The Care and Control check box is used to mark when an adult is responsible for the care of a dependent child under the age of 6. This can exempt the person from either Student Eligibility criteria or work related requirements.

NOTE: Marking Care and Control is not needed when the consumer is a single parent with a child under the age of 6.

Selecting the Care and Control check box dynamically displays the Care and Control Programs; this is a mandatory field.. The user should select Non-Medical.
Enter the Begin Date using the <mm/dd/yyyy> format or the calendar icon or select the Use Person DOB as Begin Date check box if the person’s DOB is the begin date of this relationship. For example, use the check box in parent/child and sibling relationships.
Select a Non-Medical Verified value from the drop-down menu.
Click the Save and Add Another button to add additional records. Otherwise, click the Save and Return button.
If a relationship already existed for the persons, the Effective Dating Confirmation List page displays. Verify the information is correct and click the Save button.

NOTE: When updating, editing, or adding verification to an existing relationship the user receives a soft warning —Error Warning – a change to relationship can affect another case. The user needs to verify information is accurate and continue by clicking the Save and Return button.