ACCESS FLORIDA APPLICATION
Before You Begin
You are ready to start your application. Here is some important information when applying and what to expect.
Applying for Benefits
You may apply for help by giving us just your name, address, and signing your application. We encourage you to answer as many questions as you can, and sign your application today. This will allow us to help you more quickly. If you need help in completing this application or need interpreter services, there may be Community Partners in your area who can help. Visit our website at www.myflorida.com/accessflorida or contact our Customer Call Center at 1-866-762-2237 for more information. You may apply faster online at www.myflorida.com/accessflorida.
Processing Your Application
Processing begins with the date we receive your signed application. It may take 7 to 30 days to process your food assistance application. Expedited households may get food assistance benefits within seven days. Your answers on the application will decide if your household meets expedited food assistance criteria. Expedited households must have: 1. Monthly gross income less than $150 and liquid assets less than $150; 2. Monthly gross income plus liquid assets less than the household rent or mortgage plus utility costs; or, 3. Be a destitute migrant or seasonal farmworker with liquid assets less than $100. Applications for Medical Assistance and Temporary Cash Assistance may take 30 to 45 days, and Medical Assistance applications may take longer if we need to determine if someone is disabled. You may check the status of your application by visiting the ACCESS Florida website at http://www.myflorida.com/accessflorida and click on the "My ACCESS Account" link.
An Application for Assistance may be submitted to any Department of Children and Families Economic Self-Sufficiency Services office in the State of Florida by you, or by someone acting for you, in person, by mail, by facsimile (FAX), or electronically through the internet. Applications received during normal business hours are considered received the same day. When an application is received after normal business hours, it will be considered received on the first business day following its receipt. Food assistance benefits start from the date of application if the applicant meets all eligibility requirements, completes the interview, and provides all necessary eligibility information by the 30th day after the date of application. The household has the right to file an application form on the same day it contacts DCF, in an office, by phone, fax, in person, or electronically. Applicants do not have to complete the interview prior to filing the application. Receiving food assistance does not affect other program time limits. For an individual applying for food assistance and SSI at the same time, the filing date is the date of release from the institution or the actual date of receipt if filed after release. The collection of information on the application, including the SSN of each household member, is authorized under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 as amended, 7 U.S.C. 2011-2036. The information will be used to determine whether your household is eligible, or continues to be eligible to participate in food assistance. We will verify this information through computer matching programs. This information will also be used to monitor compliance with program regulations and for program management. The household cannot be denied food assistance benefits solely because of the denial of other program benefits.
Head of Household
The household may select an adult parent of children (of any age) living in the household, or an adult who has parental control over children (under 18 years of age) living in the household, as the head of household provided all adult household members agree to the selection. Households may select the head of household at application, at each review, or when there is a change in household composition. If all adult household members do not agree to the selection, or decline to select an adult parent as the head of household, the state agency may designate the head of household or permit the household to make another selection. If the household does not consist of adult parents and children or adults who have parental control of children living in the household, the state agency shall designate the head of household or permit the household to do so.
Social Security Number
We may treat household members who are ineligible, or who are not applying for benefits, as non-applicants. Non-applicants, or persons applying only for Emergency Medical Assistance for Aliens, Refugee Cash Assistance, or Refugee Medical Assistance, do NOT need to give a Social Security Number (SSN). If you were not eligible for an SSN because of your immigration status, you may be eligible for a non-work SSN. If you need an SSN, we can help you apply for one. Non-applicants do NOT need to give proof of immigration status. Noncitizens who are applying for benefits will have their immigration status verified with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). We will not tell USCIS about the immigration status of those living in your household who are not applying for benefits.
Important Information for Immigrants
Applying for or receiving Food Assistance (SNAP) benefits or Medical Assistance will not affect you or your family members' immigration status or ability to get permanent resident status (green card). Receiving Temporary Cash Assistance or long term institutional care, such as nursing home benefits might create problems with getting that status, especially if the benefits are your family's only income.
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Public Assistance Fraud / Notice of Penalties
If you are found guilty (by a state or federal court, or an administrative disqualification hearing, or sign a hearing waiver) of intentionally making a false or misleading statement, concealing or withholding facts in order to receive or in an attempt to receive food assistance or Temporary Cash Assistance (TCA) or committing any act that violates the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, food assistance regulations, or any state statute for purposes of using, presenting, transferring, acquiring, receiving, or possessing food assistance benefits, you will be disqualified. You will be ineligible for food assistance or TCA for 12 months for the first violation, 24 months for the second violation, and permanently for the third violation. If you are convicted of trafficking food assistance benefits of $500 or more, you will be disqualified permanently. Trafficking of food assistance includes:
1.Buying, selling, stealing, or exchanging benefits for cash;
2.Exchanging firearms, ammunition, explosives, or illegal drugs for benefits;
3.Buying sodas, water, or other items in a container to get the cash deposit;
4.Buying an item with food assistance and then purposely selling the item for cash; and
5.Trading cash for items paid for with food assistance benefits.
If you are convicted of these acts, depending on the severity, you may be fined up to $250,000, imprisoned for up to 20 years, or both. You may also be subject to prosecution under other applicable Federal and State Laws. You may be barred from receiving food assistance for an additional 18 months if court ordered. If you are convicted by a state or federal court of making a fraudulent statement with respect to identity or residency in order to receive food assistance or TCA in more than one state at the same time, you will be ineligible to participate in the Food Assistance Program or TCA for a period of 10 years.
If you are fleeing to avoid prosecution, custody, or confinement, after conviction for a crime or an attempt to commit a crime, which is a felony, or are in violation of probation or parole imposed under a federal or state law, you are ineligible for food assistance and Temporary Cash Assistance. This information may be disclosed to other federal and state agencies for official examination, and to law enforcement officials for the purpose of apprehending persons fleeing to avoid the law.
If you are found guilty of a drug-trafficking felony after 8/22/96, or convicted by a federal, state, or local court of trading firearms, ammunition, or explosives for food assistance benefits, you are ineligible for food assistance. If you are convicted of using or receiving food assistance benefits in a transaction involving the sale of a controlled substance, you will be ineligible 24 months for the first violation and permanently for the second violation. Households must not use food assistance benefits to purchase nonfood items, pay on credit accounts, pay for food purchased on a credit account, use or possess the Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards of others, allow unauthorized use of the household’s EBT card by non-household members, sell or trade EBT cards, or use someone else’s EBT card. If a food assistance claim arises against your household, the information on this application, including all SSNs, may be referred to Federal and State agencies, as well as private claims collection agencies, for claims collection action.
Income and Eligibility Verification System (IEVS)
We will request information through computer matches in IEVS and may verify the information if we find differences based on the answers you gave on your application. We may use the information found in IEVS to affect your eligibility and level of benefits.
Reporting Requirements
For all programs, households are encouraged to report any change in the household living and/or mailing address. For programs except Food Assistance (SNAP), households must report changes in who lives in the household, employment, and income. Food Assistance (SNAP) households must report when the total monthly household gross income exceeds 130% of the federal poverty level for the household size and when the work hours of able-bodied adults fall below 20 hours per week when averaged monthly, by the 10th of the month after the month of the change. Households receiving Medicaid or Temporary Cash Assistance must report changes within 10 days.
Requesting a Fair Hearing
You have the right to ask for a hearing before a state hearings officer. You can bring with you or be represented at the hearing by a lawyer, relative, friend, or anyone you choose. If you want a hearing, you must ask for the hearing by writing, calling the Customer Call Center, or coming into the office within 90 days from the mailing date of your notice of case action. If you ask for a hearing by the end of the last day of the month prior to the effective date of the adverse action, your benefits may continue at the prior level until the hearing decision. You will be responsible to repay any benefits continued if the hearing decision is not in your favor. If you need information about how to receive free legal advice, you can call the Customer Call Center toll free at 1-866-762-2237 for a listing of free legal agencies in your area.
Medical Assistance Applications
Use this application to see what coverage choices you qualify for such as free or low-cost insurance from Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), affordable private health insurance plans that offer comprehensive coverage to help you stay well, and a new tax credit that can immediately help pay your premiums for health coverage. To complete your application, you may need social security numbers, document numbers for legal immigrants, employer and income information for everyone in your family, policy numbers for current health insurance, and job-related health insurance information. Please send copies not originals.
What Happens Next
Submit your signed application at any Department of Children and Families Economic Self-Sufficiency Services office or mail your application to ACCESS Central Mail Center, P.O. Box 1770, Ocala, FL 34478-1770. You may fax your application to a Customer Service Center in your area. Find a local fax number at http://www.myflfamilies.com/service-programs/access-florida-food-medical-assistance-cash/locate-service-center-your-area.
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ACCESS FLORIDA APPLICATION
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STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING
I understand that information that I provide with this application, interview, or when requesting other benefits, including computer information matches with other agencies, is subject to verification by DCF and other Federal and State agencies including Division of Public Assistance Fraud (DPAF). I understand and agree to the following: DCF, DPAF, and authorized Federal Agencies may verify the information I give on this form, interview, or when requesting other benefits. Information may be obtained from my past or present employers. My signature authorizes release of such information to DCF and/or DPAF. As a condition of participation in Medicaid, I consent to review and release of all medical records deemed necessary by Medicaid under its auditing and investigatory powers. If any information is incorrect, benefits may be reduced or denied and I may be subject to criminal prosecution or disqualified from the program for knowingly providing incorrect or false information or hiding information. I have read my Rights and Responsibilities. I certify under penalty of perjury that the information on this form is true to the best of my knowledge, including the citizen or noncitizen status of those who are applying for benefits. I hereby acknowledge receipt of the Florida DCF CFOP 60-17, Chapter 1, Attachment 3, Notice of Privacy Practices.
SIGNATURES
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Authorized/Designated Representative – Please print |
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Community Access Site Participant Name/Phone Number:
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* Indicates information optional for the Food Assistance Program |
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EXPEDITED FOOD ASSISTANCE: Eligible households may receive benefits within 7 days.
Is your household’s gross income less than $150? |
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Has all of your household’s income recently stopped? |
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HOUSEHOLD INFORMATION: If you need extra space in the following sections, please use extra pages. Please provide as much information as you can to help us determine your eligibility quickly.
In Sections A and B, list yourself and all people living in your home even if you are not applying for them. If you are not applying for a member, you do not have to give their SSN or citizenship status. Include your spouse, your children under 21 who live with you, anyone you include on your tax return, even if they do not live with you, and anyone else under 21 who you take care of and lives with you. If living in a nursing home or other institutional arrangement, list only self, spouse and dependents.
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* Indicates information optional for the Food Assistance Program |
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SECTION B – List All Children Living At Your Address. If anyone is pregnant, list “unborn” as the name and the due date as the date of birth.
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CF-ES 2337, Aug 2016 [65A-1.205, F.A.C.] |
* Indicates information optional for the Food Assistance Program |
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SECTION D – GENERAL INFORMATION: Answer the following questions about the people listed in Sections A and B who are applying for assistance.
Is anyone in your home fleeing the law due to a felony or a probation or parole violation?
Has anyone in your home sold or given away any property or assets in the last 3 months (food assistance purposes) or 5 years (Medicaid)?
Has anyone in your home been convicted of a drug trafficking felony including agreeing, conspiring, combining, or confederating with another person to
commit the act committed after 8/22/1996? |
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NO If yes, who? |
Did anyone in your home quit a job in the last 60 days or is anyone on strike?
Has anyone in your home been convicted on or after 8/22/96, of receiving food assistance, temporary cash assistance, or Medicaid in more than one
state at the same time? |
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NO If yes, who? |
Has anyone in your home received food, cash, or medical assistance from another state or source in the last 30 days?
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Is everyone a resident of the state of Florida? |
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Is anyone in your household a sponsored noncitizen? |
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NO If yes, who? |
Is anyone living in a special setting such as a homeless shelter, drug treatment center, nursing home, assisted living facility, adult family care home, mental health residential treatment facility, or other institution?
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*If you are applying for nursing home type services, do you have a child (of any age) living in your home who is blind or disabled?
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What is their relationship to you? |
Has anyone been determined disabled by Social Security or the State of Florida? |
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Is anyone in your household a victim of human trafficking? (Victims of human trafficking are people taken, kept, or moved by force or fraud for sexual
exploitation or forced labor.) |
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Have you or any member of your household been convicted of trading food assistance benefits for drugs, convicted of buying or selling food assistance benefits over $500, or convicted of trading food assistance benefits for guns, ammunitions, or explosives?
Does anyone in the household pay for a room (Roomer) or for room and meals (Boarder)?
*Does anyone have a physical, mental, or emotional health condition that causes limitations in activities (like bathing, dressing, daily chores, etc.) or live
in a medical faciltiy or nursing home? |
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CF-ES 2337, Aug 2016 |
[65A-1.205, F.A.C.] |
* Indicates information optional for the Food Assistance Program |
Page 4 |
SECTION E – ASSETS: Answer the following questions about the people listed in Sections A and B who are applying for assistance. If you need extra space in the following sections, please use extra pages.
Does anyone you are applying for own all or part of any assets, such as: *vehicles, bank accounts, tax sheltered accounts, property, Certificates of Deposit (CDs), cash, mortgage notes, promissory notes, *loans, *IRAs, *401Ks, bonds, *annuities, stocks, real estate, life estate, trusts, *Keogh plans, *continuing care retirement community or life care community contracts, burial contracts/plots, prepaid funeral expenses, savings bonds or certificates, business assets, large sums of money received in last 3 months, *health/long-term care/life/auto insurance, *HMOs, Medicare or Medicare supplements, etc? *Include the assets/insurance of parents of minor child
applicants if living in the home and assets/insurance of spouses of applicants if living in the home. |
YES |
NO If yes, list below: |
*IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR OWNERS OF AN ANNUITY: In accordance with Public Law 109-171, individuals (and their spouses) who are applying for or receiving Medicaid Institutional Care Program (nursing home care), Hospice, Home and Community Based Services waiver programs, or the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly must list all annuities they own. Certain annuity purchases (or other transactions) made on or after 11/01/2007, will be considered a transfer of an asset for less than fair market value unless the annuity names the State of Florida, Agency for Health Care Administration, as the first remainder beneficiary (or second remainder beneficiary after the community spouse or minor or disabled child) for the total amount of Medicaid funds paid on the Medicaid recipient’s behalf.
*DCF must determine the value of assets of Medicaid applicants and recipients of aged (65 or older), blind, or disabled individuals. Applicants and recipients must agree to allow DCF to ask for financial records from any bank, savings and loan, credit union, or other financial institution by completing the Financial Information Release, form CF-ES 2613.
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YOU CAN APPLY TO REGISTER TO VOTE HERE
If you are not registered to vote where you live now, would you like to register to vote here today? Check YES if you would like to apply to register to vote or update your voter registration information. If you check the NO box or do not check a box, you will be considered to have decided not to apply to register to vote or update your voter registration information. Checking YES, NO, or leaving this question blank, will not affect your receipt of benefits.
NOTICE OF RIGHTS
Help: If you would like help in filling out your voter registration application, we will help you. The decision whether to seek or accept help is yours. You may fill out the voter registration application in private.
Benefits: If you are applying for public assistance from this agency, applying to register, or declining to register to vote will not affect the amount of assistance you will be provided by this agency.
Privacy: Your decision not to register or update your record and the location where you applied to register or update your voter registration record is confidential and may only be used for voter registration purposes.
Formal Complaint: If you believe someone has interfered with either your right to apply to register or to decline to register to vote, your right to privacy in deciding whether to apply to register to vote, or your right to choose your own political party or other political preference, you may file a complaint with: Florida Secretary of State, Division of Elections, NVRA Administrator, R.A. Gray Building, 500 S. Bronough Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0250. Forms for filing a complaint are available at http://election.dos.state.fl.us/nvra/index.shtml or call 1-850-245-6200. For complaints not related to voter registration, see “USDA-HHS NON DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT” on the last page of this application.
[Authority: National Voter Registration Act (42 U.S.C. 1973 gg); ss. 97.023, 97.058 and 97.0585, F.S.]
CF-ES 2337, Aug 2016 [65A-1.205, F.A.C.] |
* Indicates information optional for the Food Assistance Program |
Page 5 |
SECTION F – INCOME: Answer the following questions about the people listed in Sections A and B who are applying for assistance.
Does anyone that you are applying for receive any type of income, such as: wages, tips, self-employment, Social Security/Railroad Retirement or Disability, SSI, other disability, VA income, pension, Civil Service, unemployment, child support, alimony, dividends, interest, stipend, money from another person, annuity, rent, workers’ compensation, estate/trust, public assistance, grants, scholarships, student loans, reparations payments, training
allowances, etc? (Include the income of parents living at home with minor child |
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programs, provide the premium the employee would pay if he/she received the maximum discount for any tobacco cessation programs, and did not |
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CF-ES 2337, Aug 2016 [65A-1.205, F.A.C.] |
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SECTION G – EXPENSES: Answer the following questions about the people listed in Sections A and B who are applying for assistance.
Is anyone that you are applying for required to pay expenses, such as: rent, mortgage, property tax, homeowner’s insurance, condo/maintenance fees,
gas, electric, fuel, LIHEAP, medical bills such as but not limited to: prescriptions, glasses, transportation, doctor visits, dental, health aides, hospitalization, nursing home bills, or insurance or Medicare premiums not covered by insurance or another third party, telephone, child or adult care, or
court ordered child support for a child not in your household? Include the expenses of parents of |
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minor child applicants if living in the home and expenses of spouse of applicants if the spouse is living at home. |
Failure to report and/or verify any of the listed expenses will be considered as a statement by the household that they do not want to receive a deduction for the unreported expense.
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How do you heat or cool your home? |
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Does anyone help you pay expenses? |
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If you pay for certain things that can be deducted on a federal income tax return, telling us about them could make the cost of health coverage a little lower. You should not include a cost you already considered in your answer to net self-employment. Check all that apply, give the amount, and how often you pay it.
Alimony paid $ |
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Student loan interest $ |
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SECTION H – YOUR FAMILY’S HEALTH COVERAGE: Answer the questions for anyone who needs health coverage. |
*Is anyone enrolled in health coverage now from any of the following? |
YES |
NO If yes, write their name(s) next to the coverage they have. |
Medicaid: |
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Florida KidCare: |
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Medicare: |
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TRICARE: |
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(for TRICARE, |
do not |
check if you have direct care or Line of Duty) |
VA health programs: |
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Peace Corps: |
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Employer insurance: |
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Other: |
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Name of Insurance: |
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Name of Health Insurance: |
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Name of person insured: |
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Name of person insured: |
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Is this COBRA coverage? |
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Is this a limited-benefit plan (like school accident policy)? |
Is this a retiree health plan? |
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*Has anyone voluntarily canceled health insurance for children in the last two months for any of these reasons? |
The cost of an applicant child’s health insurance is more |
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than 5% of your family’s income. |
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coverage. |
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Domestic violence led to the loss of coverage for an |
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The applicant child’s coverage ended because the child reached the |
applicant child. |
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maximum lifetime coverage limit or an annual benefit limit. |
Parent lost a job that provided employer-sponsored |
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An applicant child has a medical condition that, without medical care, |
coverage for an applicant child. |
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would cause serious disability, loss of function, or death. |
The coverage does not cover the applicant child’s health |
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The applicant child’s parent canceled COBRA coverage or the |
care needs. |
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COBRA coverage reached its legal limit. |
Parent who had the health coverage for an applicant child |
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A non-custodial parent dropped the applicant child’s coverage. |
is deceased. |
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CF-ES 2337, Aug 2016 |
[65A-1.205, F.A.C.] |
* Indicates information optional for the Food Assistance Program |
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Page 7 |
YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR REDUCED TELEPHONE RATES
Check YES if you would like DCF to release your Name, SSN, Phone Number, and the fact that you receive food assistance, Temporary Cash
Assistance, or Medicaid to the local telephone company so you may receive a reduced telephone rate through the Lifeline Program. |
YES |
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SECTION I – AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKA NATIVE FAMILY MEMBER: Complete this section if you or a family member are American Indian or Alaska Native.
American Indians and Alaska Natives can get services from the Indian Health Services, tribal health programs, or urban Indian health programs. They also may not have to pay cost sharing and may get special monthly enrollment periods. Answer the following questions to make sure your family gets the most help possible. If you have more people to include, make a copy of this page and attach.
Name |
Member of a |
Has this person ever received a service from the Indian Health Service, a tribal health |
First, Middle, Last |
Federally recognized tribe |
program, or urban Indian health program, or through a referral from one of these programs? |
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If no, is this person eligible to get services from |
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If yes, tribe name: |
YES |
NO |
one of these programs? |
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If no, is this person eligible to get services from |
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If yes, tribe name: |
YES |
NO |
one of these programs? |
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If no, is this person eligible to get services from |
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If yes, tribe name: |
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one of these programs? |
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If no, is this person eligible to get services from |
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If yes, tribe name: |
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one of these programs? |
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*Certain money received may not be counted for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). List any income reported on your application that includes money from these sources:
Per capita payments from a tribe that come from natural resources, usage rights, leases, or royalties? |
YES |
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If yes, who? |
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Amount: $ |
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Payments from natural resouces, farming, ranching, fishing, leases, or royalties from |
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land by the Department of Interior (including reservations and former reservations? |
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If yes, who? |
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Amount: $ |
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Money from selling things that have cultural significance? |
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If yes, who? |
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Amount: $ |
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AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
You can give a trusted person permission to talk about this application with us, see your information, and act for you on matters related to this application, including getting information about your application and signing your application on your behalf. This person is called an “authorized representative”. If you are a legally appointed representative for someone on this application, submit proof with the application. By entering the information on page 1, you allow this person to sign your application, get official information about this application, and act for you on all future matters with this agency.
FOR CERTIFIED APPLICATION COUNSELORS, NAVIGATOR, AGENTS, AND BROKERS ONLY: Complete this section if you are a certified application counselor, navigator, agent, or broker filling out this application for somebody else.
Application start date (mm/dd/yyyy):
Name: First, Middle, Last:
Organization Name and ID number (if applicable):
SIGNING THIS APPLICATION: By signing this application you are confirming and attesting that:
•*No one applying for health insurance on this application is incarcerated.
•*The information provided on this application establishes the identity of children under age 16.
•You have read and understand your rights and responsibilities.
•*You are giving the Medicaid agency rights to pursue and get any money from other health insurance, legal settlements, or other third parties. You are also giving the Medicaid agency rights to pursue and get medical support from a spouse or parent.
•*You know this information will be used to check your eligibility for help paying for health coverage if you choose to apply. We will check your answers using information in our electronic databases and databases from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Social Security, Department of Homeland Security, and/or a consumer reporting agency.
CF-ES 2337, Aug 2016 [65A-1.205, F.A.C.] |
* Indicates information optional for the Food Assistance Program |
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