5101:1-3-07 Ohio works first: evidence of age, citizenship, and identity.

 

 

 

5101:1-3-07                 Ohio  works  first  (OWF):  evidence  of  age,  citizenship,  and identity.

 

 

 

(A)      Verification of age, citizenship, and identity must be completed before any individual, adult or child, is eligible to be included in the assistance group.

 

(B)  Evidence of age must be provided to support the given date of birth.

 

(1)   A civil birth record or a church record of birth or baptism established before age five are primary documents used to verify age.

 

(2)     Alternate documents are acceptable and must be used to avoid delaying assistance to an otherwise eligible individual. Examples of alternate documents are school records, insurance policies, draft card, and official hospital records. To qualify as valid documents of age verification, the alternate document must show the applicant's name and date of birth or age and should be at least one year old (unless it is for a child under age one).

 

(C)   Evidence of identity must be provided to support that the individual is who he claims to be.

 

(1)     Documents used to identify an individual are driver's license, day care or nursery school records, voter's registration, insurance policies, military papers, U.S. passport, and vaccination certificates.

 

(2)       The CDHSCDJFS must be able to compare the information on the documentation with the information on the application or with the individual to ensure identification.

 

(3)   A birth or baptismal certificate is not evidence of identity. Children under age seven will generally have some type of evidence of identity in addition to a birth certificate. However, if such a child (e.g., a newborn infant) has absolutely no other documentary evidence, the birth certificate alone will be acceptable as long as the eligibility determiner has no reason to doubt that the child actually exists.

 

(D)   Every assistance group member is required to establish U.S. citizenship or legal alien status, and must submit at least one document showing U.S. birthplace or in some way indicating U.S. citizenship. "U.S.-born" refers to an individual born in one of the fifty states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, or American Samoa.

 

(1)    If the applicant is a U.S.-born citizen, a civilian birth, baptismal, or church

 

 

certificate   specifically   displaying   a   U.S.   birthplace   may   be   used   as verification.

(2)     If the applicant is a foreign-born U.S. citizen, a citizen certification, U.S. passport, consulor's certification of birth, or certificate of naturalization, Form I-197 residents' card may be used for verification may be used as verification.

(3)   If the applicant is an alien, his status may be verified by forms issued through the immigration and naturalization service, including the INS Form I-151, I-155 or I-94.

Effective:                                12/01/2002

R.C. 119.032 review dates:    09/13/2002 and 12/01/2007

CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY

Certification

11/18/2002

Date

Promulgated Under:   119.03

Statutory Authority:   5107.05

Rule Amplifies:           5107.05

Prior Effective Dates: 8/1/75, 3/1/76, 12/31/77,

7/18/78, 2/1/79, 4/19/79,

12/28/79, 6/1/82, 6/15/85,

9/1/86 (Emer.), 11/16/86,

10/1/97