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Department
of Human Services Families
First Online Policy Manual Age Requirement |
Revised: |
12.3 |
VERIFICATION |
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Age must be verified at each
application. Once the children’s age
has been established it is not necessary to verify it again. Verification is primarily the
responsibility of the caretaker except when the information is already known
to the Department or when it is more reasonable for the caseworker to obtain
the needed information. For example,
if the caretaker needs to obtain birth verification for a child and this
information is listed on Clearinghouse, it is more reasonable for the
caseworker to obtain this information for the AU. The age of an AU child will be verified using birth certificates,
birth certificate information or delayed birth certificates. Pending receipt of the birth certificate,
the following information which is listed in order of priority may be used to
establish the child’s age: ·
Hospital
records. ·
Records of
physician or mid-wife who attended the birth of the child. ·
Baptismal
certificate. ·
School
records that show the child’s age or date of birth. ·
Insurance
policies that show the child’s age or date of birth. ·
Census
Bureau records. ·
Unaltered family
Bible records. When any verification other than the birth certificate or Division of
Vital Statistics records is used, the verification must be evaluated and more
than one document should be used. In the instance where none of this documentary evidence is available
and the appearance of the child obviously corroborates the caretaker’s
statement that the child is under 18 or 19, as appropriate, assistance may be
approved pending receipt of the necessary documentary evidence. However, efforts to obtain the verification
must begin during the application process and must continue until the date of
birth and exact age of the child is established. |
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