Effective: December 1, 2006 |
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29.05ar1 - IEVS (Archive) |
Archived: June 1, 2009 |
Federal regulations require states to conduct automated data exchanges for applicants and enrollees of federally-funded assistance programs to determine if clients are getting benefits to which they are not entitled. The Income and Eligibility Verification System (IEVS) is the means to complying with these federal regulations.
IEVS was initiated by the Deficit Reduction Act (DEFRA) of 1984 and has since had updates with the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (PRWORA) of 1996.
IEVS is the set of data exchanges with other state and federal sources used to verify income and assets of applicants and enrollees of federally-funded assistance programs.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Social Security Administration (SSA) and the MN Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) check clients’ social security numbers with information from their data files and send matches of possible sources of unreported income and assets to MAXIS.
MAXIS determines if the person who has a match was an applicant or enrollee for a federally-funded program during the period the person received the income.
MAXIS then applies appropriate targeting limits. Targeting limits are used to reduce the number of matches referred for follow-up by the worker. If the dollar amount of the match is at and/or above the targeting level, MAXIS produces an IEVS match to alert the worker.
Workers then determine if the information in the match has been reported and is on file, or if it is a discrepancy. See Processing an IEVS Match for specific details on the steps to processing an IEVS match.
The Notice About Income and Eligibility Verification System and Work Reporting System (DHS-2759) is sent to clients at renewal. Information on IEVS is provided at each application and can be found in the Reporting Systems section of the HCAPP.
For more information, see: