This is a meaty one, folks!
- Counties must continue to exempt all clients who qualify for the young child exemptions (children 12-23 months or 2 under 6) through December 31, 2012; if exempt by the end of the year, they remain exempt until the client is reengaged sometime after January 1, 2013. (More instructions to come on that!)
- The “no funding for support services” exemption ends 12/31/12, if there are no supportive services, it will be good cause, but the clock runinng. Counties must notify affected clients of this before the end of the year (and hopefully get them services!).
- Counties can continue to redirect mental health/substance abuse funds to WTW.
- There is a new once in a lifetime young child exemption for clients with children birth through 23 months, starting 1/1/13 – this is “off the clock” time; clients have discretion when to use this (cannot be automatically applied). The “new baby” exemptions that don’t stop the clock remain in place.
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