Interview Page - TAFDC

Completion of the Interview Page

You are required to complete the Interview page for all clients at application, reevaluation and recertification.

The Interview page includes the following fields:

Program: prefilled from data already entered

Grantee: name of the grantee prefilled from data already entered

Held: requires you to select the appropriate radio button (Yes or No) to indicate whether or not the interview was held

Method: captures the interview method. The drop-down list selection will be filtered so that only applicable interview methods will be displayed for the case. 

Interview: requires an entry for the date the interview was conducted

No Reason: captures the reason no interview was conducted.  The drop-down list selection will be filtered so that only applicable interview methods will be displayed for the case. For SNAP, the age, disability and earnings status of household members will also determine the available items on the drop-down list. disability and earnings status of household members will also determine the available items on the drop-down list.

Reason: captures the date associated with the No Reason entry.

Reinstatements

When an application is denied for missing verifications and subsequently reinstated you will be required to complete the Interview page, if the Interview page was not completed prior to the denial or closing

Combination Cases

When completing the Interview page for a combination cash/SNAP application or a combination cash/SNAP revaluation, you may enter the interview method and the date for one program and then select the Use All Programs box at the bottom of the Interview page.  which will automatically populate the other case(s) with the same interview method and date.

Exception:  If the method is not allowed for all programs, e.g. telephone interview for TAFDC or EAEDC applications, checking the Use all Programs box will not populate for those programs.