Date Assistance Begins

Assistance to eligible applicants begins on: (A) the date of application if verifications demonstrate that the applicable financial and nonfinancial eligibility factors have been met as of that date. The date of application is the date on which the full application was signed and dated, or the date on which the first part of the application was signed and dated, whichever is earlier. (B) the date on which the verifications demonstrated that the eligibility requirements in 106 CMR 703.000: Transitional Cash Assistance Program: Nonfinancial Eligibility and 704.000: Transitional Cash Assistance Program: Financial Eligibility have been met by the applicant, provided this date does not precede the date of application, if the verifications submitted during the application process, as well as those submitted within the time frames of 106 CMR 702.140(B), do not establish eligibility on the date of application; or (C) the day following the date assistance ended for the members of the filing unit in another state, the date of application in the Commonwealth or the date all eligibility factors are met, whichever is later, if one or more members of the filing unit was receiving public assistance in another state.