Changes reported by a household may impact the household's allotment and eligibility which is determined monthly. For this reason, changes that do impact the allotment and eligibility should cause the decisions to split at monthly intervals only. If alignment is not in place when a change of circumstance is entered, the change impacts the allotment and eligibility from the date the change was reported (the start date or effective date of the change). The decisions split on these dates. For example, if the date (start date/effective date) of change occurred on January 13th, eligibility, benefit amounts, and decisions would reflect this change from January 13th.
An alignment algorithm allows alignment of evidence through a system configuration. Evidence entities may be configured per program. Decisions reflect the dates to which evidence is configured to align. The decisions show the caseworker when the reported change impacts the household's allotment and not the date from which the change occurred. Decisions reflect the dates to which evidence aligns. In the example in the paragraph above, if evidence is configured to align, then eligibility, benefit amounts, and the decisions reflect this change from February 1st. Alignment occurs only on reassessment of an on-going case for evidence which has been configured to align.