1998 Policy Directives

• Administrative Directives (ADM)
• Informational Letters (INF)
• Local Commissioner Memoranda (LCM)

Administrative Directives (ADM)

• 1998 ADM-14 Procedures for Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) and One-Time Review and Adjustments of Child Support Orders (PDF, 45k)
• 1998 ADM-13—Is Not Available
• 1998 ADM-12 Recovery of Overpayments: Modification of PA Threshold (PDF, 16k)
• 1998 ADM-11 Authorization For Social Services Districts to Approve Adoption Subsidies (PDF, 25k)
• 1998 ADM-10 PA Budgeting: Changes to the Earned Income Disregard and the Poverty Level Income Test (PDF, 16k), Attachments (PDF, 18k)
• 1998 ADM-9 Public Assistance Eligibility: Time Limit for Initial Interview (PDF, 13k)
• 1998 ADM-8 The Automated Finger Imaging System (AFIS) for PA, FS, FAP, EAF, ESNA, and PICA (PDF, 53k)
• 1998 ADM-7 Learnfare (PDF, 38k)
• 1998 ADM-6 Procedures for Establishing Paternity with Acknowledgments and Administrative Orders for Genetic and/or DNA Tests (PDF, 23k)
• 1998 ADM-5 Merit Incentive Awards for Children in Receipt of TANF Funded Public Assistance (PDF, 16k)
• 1998 ADM-4 Food Assistance Program (FAP) (PDF, 81k)
• 1998 ADM-3 Errata: Domestic Violence: Family Violence Option Under the Welfare Reform Act of 1997(PDF, 3k)
  • 1998 ADM-3 Domestic Violence: Family Violence Option under the Welfare Reform Act of 1997 (PDF, 64k)
• 1998 ADM-2 Change of Payee Policy & Procedure for Child Support Enforcement (PDF, 22k)
• 1998 ADM-1 Local Flexibility Incentive Pilot Programs (PDF, 17k)

Informational Letters (INF)

• 1998 INF-16 Obsolete Form: DSS-2502: “ADC-U Screening Checklist” (PDF, 8k)
• 1998 INF-15 Deadline Extension for Local District Negotiated Performance Award Plans and Transmittal of Baseline Performance Data on Job Placements for 98-ADM-13 (PDF, 11k)
• 1998 INF-14 Revised State Version of Federal Form SS-5 “Application For A Social Security Card” (DSS-4000) (PDF, 10k)
• 1998 INF-13 State Assumption of Local Districts’ Share of
  Supplemental Payments (PDF, 9k)
• 1998 INF-12 Digest of Laws of 1998 Relating to Programs of the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (PDF, 28k)
• 1998 INF-11 Revision to Public Assistance ABEL Budget Narratives
  (DSS-3951, DSS-3952, DSS-3953, DSS-3954) (Rev. 12/97) (PDF, 16k)
• 1998 INF-10 Multiethnic/Interethnic Adoption Provisions (PDF, 9k)
• 1998 INF-9 Family-Type Homes for Adults: Operators Required to Prove Workers’ Compensation and Disability Benefits Insurance Coverage for Substitute Caretakers (PDF, 16k)
• 1998 INF-8 Multiethnic/Interethnic Adoption Provisions (PDF, 14k)
• 1998 INF-7 Revisions to the Food Stamp Budget Worksheets (DSS-3114 and DSS-3115) (DSS-3114 and DSS-3115) (Rev. 3/98) (PDF, 11k)
• 1998 INF-6 Child Assistance Program (CAP): Questions and Answers on Changes Due to the Welfare Reform Act of 1997 (PDF, 26k)
• 1998 INF-5 Alien Status Desk Guide (LDSS-4579) (Rev.2/98) (PDF, 9k)
• 1998 INF-4 Consolidated Services Plan: 1998 Income Eligibility Standards (PDF, 7k)
• 1998 INF-3 Food Stamp Program: Record Retention (PDF, 7k)
• 1998 INF-2 Revised Request for Voluntary Restriction Form (DSS-4580 Rev.12/97) (PDF, 13k)
• 1998 INF-1 Annual Index of Administrative Directives and
  Informational Letters (PDF, 34k)

Local Commissioner Memoranda (LCM)

• 1998 LCM-47 1999 Holiday Schedule (PDF, 6k)
• 1998 LCM-46 “Notice of Claims Settlement” “Claims Against Households
  Report” (DSS-3214) (PDF, 8k)
• 1998 LCM-45 List of Out of State Contacts for TANF Time Limit Tracking (PDF, 6k)
  • 1998 LCM-45 Attachment (PDF, 27k)
• 1998 LCM-44 Welfare Fraud Investigator Training Institute (PDF, 4k)
• 1998 LCM-43 Automated Claiming System (ACS) Rehosting Project (PDF, 8k)
• 1998 LCM-42 HEAP Public Hearings on Proposed 1998-99 State Plan (PDF, 10k)
• 1998 LCM-41 Reconciliation of the DSS-3214, Food Stamps Claims Against Households Report (PDF, 6k)
• 1998 LCM-40 National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) Litigation (PDF, 7k)
• 1998 LCM-39 Drug and Alcohol Services: Availability of Funds to Provide Enhanced Drug and Alcohol Services to Victims of Domestic Violence (PDF, 13k)
• 1998 LCM-38 FY 1998/99 Maximum State Aid Rates (MSAR’s) for Foster Care Programs and SED Approved Residential Schools for the Period July 1, 1998 - June 30, 1999 (PDF, 20k) and Attachment (PDF, 248k)
• 1998 LCM-37 Expansion of the Child Assistance Program (CAP) (PDF, 21k)
• 1998 LCM-36 1997 Monitoring and Analysis Profiles (MAPS) (PDF, 6k)
• 1998 LCM-35 1997-1998 Title IV-E Independent Living Allocations (PDF, 19k)
• 1998 LCM-34 Clarification Of Fair Hearing and Special Hearings Processes (PDF, 8k)
• 1998 LCM-33 Support Collection Unit Banking Services Fees and Earnings (PDF, 9k),
  • 1998 LCM-33 Attachment 1 (PDF, 1k)
  • 1998 LCM-33 Attachment 2 (PDF, 4k)
  • 1998 LCM-33 Attachment 3 (PDF, 4k)
• 1998 LCM-32 TITLE IV-E WAIVER - CHILD WELFARE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT (PDF, 8k)
• 1998 LCM-31 Child Support Incentives FFY 96 (PDF, 7k)
  • 1998 LCM-31 Attachment 1 (PDF, 1k)
  • 1998 LCM-31 Attachment 2 (PDF, 4k)
  • 1998 LCM-31 Attachment 3 (PDF, 4k)
  • 1998 LCM-31 Attachment 4 (PDF, 8k)
  • 1998 LCM-31 Attachment 5 (PDF, 6k)
• 1998 LCM-30 Survey of Drug and Alcohol Assessment Costs(PDF, 7k)
• 1998 LCM-29 1998 Multidisciplinary Team Building Request for
  Proposals Grant Selections (PDF, 8k)
• 1998 LCM-28 Case Management Funding Application - available on-line (PDF, 12k)
• 1998 LCM-27 Homeless Information Reporting (PDF, 11k)
• 1998 LCM-26 Informational Mailing to All Public Assistance Households (FA, CAP, SNA) (PDF, 20k)
• 1998 LCM-25 Adult Care Facilities: Prohibition of Referrals to Certain
  Facilities (PDF, 8k)
• 1998 LCM-24 1997-98 HEAP Shutdown: MAY 1, 1998 (PDF, 5k)
• 1998 LCM-23 FISCAL: Allocation of $100,000,000 TANF Set-Aside for Family and Childrens Services (EAF Allocation) (PDF, 7k)
• 1998 LCM-22 HEAP 1998-99 Public Needs Assessment Hearings (PDF, 10k)
• 1998 LCM-21 Food Stamp Earned Income Deduction (PDF, 6k)
• 1998 LCM-20 Change in Federal Reimbursement-1115 Managed Care Waiver Program (PDF, 5k)
• 1998 LCM-19 Reimbursement Ceilings for Social Services for the Period October 1, 1997 Through September 30, 1998 (PDF, 9k)
• 1998 LCM-18 DSS-3803 “Monthly Report of Collections of Overpayments to Families with Dependent Children and Home Relief” (PDF, 5k)
• 1998 LCM-17 Disability Advocacy Program (DAP) RFP (PDF, 5k)
• 1998 LCM-16 Recoupment/Energy Restrictions on the WMS Non-Services Authorization
• 1998 LCM-15 Federal/State Tax Refund Offset Reports Federal/State Tax Refund Offset (PDF, 10k)
• 1998 LCM-14 Availability of Funds to Operate an Enhanced Drug/Alcohol Services Program for Family Assistance Recipients (PDF, 18k)
• 1998 LCM-13 1998 Multidisciplinary Team Building Request for
  Proposals (RFP) (PDF, 6k)
• 1998 LCM-12 Valmonte Settlement: Posting Requirements of Memoranda Pertaining to Administrative Reviews Conducted by the State Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment (SCR) (PDF, 18k)
• 1998 LCM-11 Retroactive TANF Conversions Retroactive TANF Conversions (PDF, 5k)
• 1998 LCM-10 Social Services District Foster Boarding Home Payments (PDF, 8k)
• 1998 LCM-09 TAX REFUND OFFSET PROCESS - 1998 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS (PDF, 30k)
• 1998 LCM-08 Revisions To Title IV-E Eligibility Criteria (PDF, 13k)
• 1998 LCM-07 Enhanced PA Earned Income Disregard (42%) Mailing (PDF, 15k)
• 1998 LCM-06 Extension of Claiming for the Child Care and Development Block Grant Subsidy Program (PDF, 15k)
• 1998 LCM-05 Deadlines for Submitting Claims to Close Out ADC (including EAF and Administration), JOBS, At Risk and Transitional Child Care, as a Result of TANF (PDF, 6k)
• 1998 LCM-04 HEAP Allocations: 1997-98 (PDF, 6k) and Attachment (PDF, 7k)
• 1998 LCM-03 Child Day Care Registration: Contracting with the Office of Children and Family Services for the Provision of Registration Services (PDF, 13k)
• 1998 LCM-02 1997-98 HEAP Funding (PDF, 4k) and Attachment (PDF, 5k)
• 1998 LCM-01 Food Assistance Program (FAP) for Legal Immigrants (PDF, 9k)