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A woman will enter into a FPW extension phase if any of the following occur:
The woman reports a change at any other time during the 12-month certification period in income Income is anything you receive in cash or in kind that you can use to meet your needs for food, clothing, and shelter. or household composition that results in income that exceeds the FPW income limit.
The woman’s pregnancy extension (ME P or NE P) ended. If she has a request on ACPA for FPW and is not found eligible for full-benefit MA, she will be entered into a FPW extension phase. This would occur regardless of whether her income or household composition puts her income over the FPW income limit.
The woman did not report the end of her pregnancy timely, and therefore did not enter a pregnancy extension. If her Healthy Start (NHSP or MHSP) eligibility ended, and she was not found eligible for full-benefit MA. This would occur regardless of whether her income or household composition puts her income over the FPW income limit.
The extension phase will be indicated by an information reason code on CARES Client Assistance for Re-employment & Economic Support.
This page last updated in Release Number: 03-02
Release Date: 04/01/03
Effective Date: 04/01/03