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Eligibility A-Z Manual (EA-Z)
The Eligibility A-Z (EA-Z) Manual provides administrative rules and procedures for staff to determine initial and ongoing eligibility for people applying for and receiving cash and food assistance in Washington State and provides links to medical assistance eligibility information.
- Eligibility A-Z Manual (EA-Z)
- Eligibility A-Z (EA-Z) Manual Revisions
- Eligibility A-Z (EA-Z) WAC (Rules) Index
- ABD Clients Residing in Eastern or Western State Hospital or Civilly Committed to a Community-Based Facility
- Administrative Disqualification Hearings for Food Assistance
- Administrative Hearings
- Overview
- Administrative Hearing Coordinator's Role
- Continued Benefits
- Equitable Estoppel
- Hearing Requests
- Pre-Hearing Conference With An Administrative Law Judge
- Pre-Hearing Meeting With the DSHS Representative
- Preparation
- Presenting the Case
- Special Procedures on Non-Grant Medical Assistance and Health Care Authority hearings
- The Decision
- Age Requirements
- Applications for Assistance
- Assistance Units
- Authorized Representative - Food Assistance
- Authorized Representative - Food, Cash and Medical Benefit Issuances
- Automated Client Eligibility System (ACES)
- Basic Food Employment and Training (BFET) Program
- Basic Food - Work Requirements
- Benefit Errors
- Benefit Issuances and Use of Benefits
- Categorical Eligibility for Basic Food
- Certification Periods
- Change of Circumstances - TOC
- Chemical Dependency Treatment
- Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting
- Child Support
- Citizenship and Alien Status
- Civil Rights and Complaints
- Confidentiality
- Consolidated Emergency Assistance Program (CEAP)
- Data Sharing
- Diaper Related Payment (DRP)
- Diversion Cash Assistance
- Elderly Simplified Application Project (ESAP)
- Eligibility Reviews/Recertifications - Requirements for Food and Cash Programs
- Emergency Assistance Programs
- Emergency Food Supplements
- Equal Access (Necessary Supplemental Accommodations)
- Exception to Rule
- Fair Hearings
- Fleeing Felons
- Food Assistance - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
- Food Assistance Program (FAP) for Legal Immigrants
- Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations
- Foster Care/Relative Placement/Adoption Support/Juvenile Rehabilitation/Unaccompanied Minor Program
- Fraud
- Health Care Authority - Apple Health (Medicaid) Manual
- Healthcare for Workers with Disabilities - HWD
- In Loco Parentis
- Incapacity and Disability
- Income - Table of Contents
- Allocation and Deeming
- Indian Agencies Serving Tribes With a Near-Reservation Designation
- Best Estimate Guide
- Budgeting
- Effect of the Puyallup Settlement on Your Eligibility for Public Assistance
- Income - Indian Agencies Serving Tribes Without a Near-Reservation Designation
- Income - Ownership and Availability
- Income Special Types
- Self Employment Income
- Treatment
- Treatment of Income Chart
- Utility Chart
- Income - Effect of Income and Deductions on Eligibility and Benefit Level
- Interview Requirements
- Letters
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
- Living with a Relative or Guardian
- Long Term Care
- Lottery or Gambling Disqualification for Basic Food
- Lump Sum Cash Assistance and TANF/SFA-Related Medical Assistance
- Medical Assistance
- Mid Certification Reviews
- Ongoing Additional Requirements (OAR)
- Overpayments
- Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) Program
- Payees on Benefit Issuances - Authorized Representatives
- Payees on Benefit Issuances - Overview
- Payees on Benefit Issuances - Protective Payees
- Pregnancy and Cash Assistance Eligibility
- Prescription Drug Assistance Programs
- Program Summary
- Quality Control
- Refugee Assistance Program
- Residency Requirements
- Resources
- Rights and Responsibilities
- Social Security Numbers (SSN)
- Standards
- State Median Income Chart
- Strikers
- Student Status
- Sun Bucks
- Supplemental Security Income and State Supplemental Payment
- TANF/SFA Minor Parent
- TANF/SFA Temporary Absence
- TANF/SFA Time Limits
- Transfer of Property for Cash and Basic Food
- Transitional Cash Assistance
- Transitional Food Assistance
- Verification
- Veteran's Referrals
- Voter Registration
- WASHCAP
- WorkFirst Orientation
- WorkFirst Sanctions-Participation