Revenue Maximization Eligibility Specialist

Job DetailsJob Location: Family Support Services Riverplace - Jacksonville, FL 32207Position Type: Full TimeEducation Level: 4 Year Degree/BA or BSJob Category: Nonprofit - Social ServicesDepartment: Revenue Maximization FSLA Status: Non-Exempt Job Summary: Ensure that all required documentation for federal funding eligibility (IV-E, Social Services Block Grant, TANF) is completed on appropriate forms. Enter all required eligibility documentation into necessary automated systems. Keeps files up-to-date and neatly maintained. Essential Duties: Monitor the FSFN Eligibility Report and complete tasks to ensure accuracy and completion of: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) applications on each in out-of-home and in-home placement. Title IVE Redeterminations regarding placement changes and yearly redeterminations Medicaid issues for foster care and adopted children Maintain adoption file case load and process pre-and-post adoption files and 5146. Manage the daily shelter process through follow up and assignment phase Manage the Monthly MAS TANF application Enter Adoption Title IV-E/Medicaid eligibility data in FSFN for pending adoptions. Enter adoption demographic information in Adoption Subsidy database. Electronically File all pertinent eligibility documents in foster care. Lead the Bi-Weekly Missing Eligibility Call File all pertinent eligibility documents in the paper adoption files. Complete notification to ESS/CIC regarding status/eligibility changes for children in foster care, relative placement and adoption. Monitor DCF Help Desk tickets for the Rev Max Department. Ensure that eligibility in all automated systems matches eligibility on Notice of Case Action (NOCA). Other Duties: Provide placement/eligibility information for community partners Participate in Rev Max weekly conference calls. Back up Suntax and DEO Verify Medicaid in FLMMIS Perform other duties as assigned. Decision making Authority: Most common decisions made independently by this position on a regular basis without following prescribed procedures. Determine how best to prioritize and manage workload. Contribution and Impact: To ensure that all paperwork is correct with our CIC staff, FSFN, and ICWSIS, so that payments are being issued from the correct funding source. Strategic Value: This position/department ensures that eligibility documentation is collected and maintained to maximize our use of federal and state funding; that Medicaid is opened and maintained for each foster care and adopted child; that pertinent funding follows placement changes of children in out-of-home care. QualificationsQualifications Education: 4 Year Degree Experience: Two years in a clerical, data management or related field. Experience in federally funded entitlement programs preferred. Knowledge of foster care, relative caregiver, adoption, Medicaid and TANF systems necessary. Experience in data management and data entry helpful. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The qualifications listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Ability to: Use Microsoft Office® (Excel, Word, and Outlook). Maintain filing systems. Hold critical information confidential and in a secure setting. Manage multiple tasks. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with community partners and clients. Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables with a minimum of direction. Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written or oral form. Be organized and meet deadlines. Adhere to details. Knowledge of: Automated systems and federal funding guidelines. TANF guidelines. Medicaid programs. Other Requirements: Clear a Level II background screening Clear a reference check (professional and personal) Clear a local background check from the County in which you reside. Clear a substance abuse screen Provide a copy of all degrees prior to your first day of employment. Provide copy of driver's license Clear an E-Verify check to substantiate that the successful candidate meets the Department of Homeland Security authorization requirements to work in the United States (for more information visit www.dhs.gov/e-verify)