KEES captures student status on the School Attendance page in KEES. The School Attendance page should be completed for each student in a Food Assistance household. For more information on completing the School Attendance page see Non-Financial Data Collection School Attendance.
Student is employed 80 hours/month or 20 hours/week.
This information is captured on the Income Amount Detail page. See Financial Data Collection Income for more information on completing the Income Amount Detail page.
Student is Incapacitated or Disabled.
This information is captured on the Medical Condition page in KEES. See Non-Financial Data Collection Medical Condition for more information on completing this page.
Student participates in Federal or State Financed Work Study.
This information is captured on the Income page. An Earnings Income Category with a Type of College Work Study meets this criterion. See Financial Data Collection Income for more information on completing this page.
NOTE: If the student is approved for federal work study but has not received a pay check, enter an Earnings Income Category with a Type of College Work Study with an amount of $0.00.
Receives TANF benefits
Consumer is Active MEM in a TANF budget. EDBC is run for FA/TANF. See Eligibility Determination for more information.
Responsible for child less than 6 years old.
This information is captured on the Individual Demographics page for dates of birth and the Household Status page for if the child is in the home. See Non-Financial Data Collection Individual Demographics and Non-Financial Data Collection Household Status for more information on completing these pages.
NOTE: If there are two parents in the home, the user can select the “Care and Control” indicator on the Relationship page for the parent to receive the student exemption for the child under 6.
Responsible for a child older than 6 but less than 12 and does not have adequate child care.
Information on adequate child care cannot be captured in KEES data collection pages. If the user has a situation where a consumer has a child between 7 and 11 and does not have adequate child care and should receive Food Assistance the user should not record a School Attendance record and process the case as if the consumer was not a student. The worker should complete a Journal documenting the student eligibility status and case action.
Full Time Student and a Single Parent of a child less than 12.
This information is captured on the School Attendance, Individual Demographics, and Relationship pages. For more information on completing these pages, please see Non-Financial Data Collection School Attendance, Non-Financial Data Collection Individual Demographics, and Non-Financial Data Collection Relationships.
Participating in an employment or training program for low income households.
If a student meets this criteria and should receive Food Assistance the user should not record a School Attendance record and process the case as if the consumer was not a student. The worker should complete a Journal documenting the student eligibility status and case action.