Initial Six Months of TMC

Individuals who are eligible for Initial TMC will receive zero SOC MC for up to 6 months immediately following the last month of CW/PCMC discontinuance. The first 6-month period has no eligibility requirements other than the family must continue to have a child living in the home and the family must reside in California.

  • No application is required.
  • There must be no break in aid.
  • Property is not considered as a condition of eligibility.
  • No 202% FPL test when setting up Initial TMC. The 202% FPL test is for determining eligibility for Additional TMC.
  • RDs are not required during this period (unless there is a requirement for another program, i.e. CF).

Establishing Initial TMC Months

Reevaluate for a TMC aid code for any month the family received zero SOC MC under aid code 38 or a CW overpayment from the month the family became ineligible for CW.

Note: Because past months cannot be reevaluated for MAGI, TMC can only be evaluated for future months.

 

ExampleExample

The family has failed to report that a parent/caretaker relative became employed in April. The EW would have discontinued CW effective April 30th had the information been reported timely; instead, the CW grant was discontinued June 30th. The Initial TMC period should have been May to October. Because the CW grant was erroneously received in May and June, the EW must rerun EDBC and reevaluate for May and June in order to establish the Initial TMC period correctly.

Related Topics

Additional Six Months of TMC

Four-Month Continuing