3-008.04D1 Evidence of Mismanagement

Evidence of persistent mismanagement of assistance payments consists of:

1. Continued inability to plan and spread necessary expenditures over the usual assistance planning period;
2. Continued evidence that the children are not properly fed or clothed and that expenditures for them are made in a way that threatens their chances for healthy growth and development;
3. Persistent and deliberate failure to meet obligations for rent, food, school supplies, and other essentials; or
4. Repeated evictions or incurrence of debts with attachments or levies made against current income.

The supervisor or local office administrator, after a review of the evidence presented by the worker, must decide whether protective payments are necessary.

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