Within the SSI Claims System, if you establish that a claimant under age 18 is head
of household (claim ID of DI) before having transferred the case to the Disability
Determination Services (DDS) for a medical decision, you will prevent case handling
in the Electronic Disability Collect System (EDCS), because EDCS assigns the conflicting
claim ID of DC.
Instead, do not answer the head of household question within the SSI Claims System, Home Ownership
and Rental Liability page for a simultaneously developed case until you have first
established the disability portion of the claim in EDCS for any claimant who is:
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the head of their household but
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not in the process of transitioning out of foster care (under Title IV-E).
Re-enter the SSI Claims System to answer the head of household question after you
have established the claim in EDCS.