Applicants and recipients must comply with all requests for action or information needed by DHS to establish paternity and/or obtain child support on behalf of children for whom they receive assistance, unless a claim of good cause for not cooperating has been granted or is pending. In the past, there was no sanction if good cause was not found and that person was ineligible for benefits. New policy states that the entire group will be sanctioned, including FIP cases whose grantee is ineligible or disqualified.
