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Correction to Change 16 - June 12, 2008 Please make the
following pen-and-ink corrections to these Revision Dates on Page 4 of the List of
Effective Pages or download a corrected copy of this page.
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Change 16 - May 30, 2008
Major changes include:
Chapter 3
Revised Section 6 - Financial
Counseling and Debt Management to include Housing Counseling and to
establish the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) as the agency
to use when a CGMA Client is in need of commercial financial counseling.
Forms
All CGMA forms are now available
only in Adobe (pdf) format. They will no longer be available in MS
Word (doc) format.
Other changes include:
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References to MS Word (doc)
versions of CGMA forms in chapters 2 and 7 have been removed, since all
forms are now available only in Adobe (pdf) format.
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Appendix D has been updated to include
new Representative Locations.
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Change 15 - January 4, 2008
Major changes include:
Chapter 3
Individuals Generally
Eligible to Receive Assistance has been expanded to include Coast
Guard Reserve members retired in RET-2 status.
Vehicle Purchase or
Replacement has been
rewritten to make it clear that the CGMA Executive Director must be
contacted for approval prior to
providing assistance.
Chapter 4
Issuing the CGMA
Assistance Check, Processing, has been rewritten to clarify when
checks may be manually prepared.
Chapter 5
Cash - Over Time has
been updated to include Public Health Service Officers serving with the
Coast Guard.
Other changes include:
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Staff symbols in references to offices
at
Coast Guard Headquarters have been updated.
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List of qualifications for
Assistance for Emergency Travel or to Avoid Immediate Privation has
been reorganized.
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Web address for Federal
Student Aid information has been updated.
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Appendix D has been updated to include
new Representative Locations.
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Change 14 - August 4, 2007
Chapter 6 has been
rewritten to reflect current Administrative Operations.
Other changes made include:
Appendix D updated to include
new Representative Locations.
CGMA Layette Program Point of
Contact information updated in Chapters 2 & 3.
Page 3 of the Full Table of
Contents update
Manual Preface updated with new
CGMA Logo
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Change 13 - October 27, 2006
A new Appendix F - Disaster
Response has been added to the manual, section 3-C-f has been updated
and new CGMA Forms 6 and 6a have been created to assist during a disaster
response.
Other changes made include:
Resolving financial difficulties
to qualify for or obtain a security clearance has been added to the list of
Unauthorized Items on pages 3-80 & 3-81.
Contact information for other
Military Aid Societies on page 4-28 has been updated.
A reference on page 3-1 has been
corrected.
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Change 12 - September 22, 2006
Forms CGMA 20 & 21 have been
updated and new CGMA 20a has been added to the manual.
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Change 11 - September 14, 2006
Appendix B CGMA Bylaws has been updated
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Change 10 - August 18, 2006
Page 2-6 updated to show changes
in CGMA-HQ staff and duties.
A typo was fixed on page 3-30
(paragraph 3.C.3.l).
Pages 7-6 and 7-7 updated to
indicate Civilian Allotment Contributions will continue until stopped or
changed by the individual.
Appendix D updated with new unit
information.
List of Effective Pages updated
to include corrections from previous changes.
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Change 9 - December 23, 2005
The CGMA Manual have been
updated to remove references to the CGMA Loan Payment Receipt (CGMA Form 50)
which is no longer used. New procedures concerning cash payments and
cash billing have been added to pages 5-9 to 5-11.
Appendix D updated with new unit
information.
Page 3-63 SEG Qualifying
Expenses updated to include taxes and shipping costs.
Pages 2-5 and 2-6 clarify email
address to use when contacting CGMA-HQ.
Appendix C and page 6-6 reflect
the change in the BOA bank signature card.
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Change 8 - June 16, 2005
Pages 3-80 and 3-81 updated to
clarify items not normally authorized.
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Change 7 - April 21, 2005
The option to fax CGMA Form 10 -
Application for CGMA Supplemental Education Grant (SEG) to the CGMA
Representative has been removed from the form and from page 3-65 of the CGMA
Manual. This change has been made because the Representative needs the
original receipts for items purchased under this program.
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Change 6 - March 11, 2005
Page 4-28 has been updated with
the new address for Navy Marine Corps Relief Society which becomes effective
on 21 March 2005.
Page 7-2 has been update with
the new time period (1-30 April) to conduct the CGMA Annual Campaign.
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January 24, 2005
Eligibility for AFSC
clarified/corrected (note this change is not retroactive).
Representatives may download a new page or make a "pen and ink" change to
paragraph 3-C-9-b on page
3-78 to read:
The following surviving
dependents of Coast Guard members who die on active duty or when drilling
under Reserve orders, on or after 1 July 2004, may receive membership in AFSC:
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Change 5 - December 15, 2004
CGMA Survivor Benefits
Information service added to the manual.
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Change 4 - November 18, 2004
Eligibility for the CGMA Layette
Program
To clarify eligibility for the CGMA Layette Program for Wage Grade (WG)
employees, we have modified paragraph 3-C-8-b (page 3-74) of the CGMA
Manual to include civilian personal WG-2 and below as being eligible for
this program
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Change 3 - July 30, 2004
Purchase Assistance:
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Verification that a client has adequate homeowners insurance will normally be made
by the client's Mortgage company in lieu of the CGMA Representative.
Representatives are still required to verify client has rental insurance
prior to providing Rental Assistance (Pages 3-46, 3-47, 3-48).
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Clarification of $5,000 maximum assistance authorized (Page 3-49).
Financial Counseling and Debt
Management:
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Updated
list of required attachments when sending a client to financial counseling
(Pages 3-55, 3-57).
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Added Debt
Consolidation to the list of items not normally authorized (Page 3-78).
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Revised
forms associated with Financial Counseling and Debt Management.
Updated CGMA Form 22, created new CGMA Forms 22a and 22b, renumbered CGMA
Form 23 to 22c ( Pages 6-6, C-1)
Vehicle Replacement has been
removed from the list of exceptions that must normally be sent to the BOC.
The CGMA-HQ Executive Director must be consulted in
accordance with paragraph 3-C-3-d prior to providing assistance (Page 4-30).
Clarified who can approve and
how to process SEG grants (Pages 4-21, 4-22, 4-23).
Updated list of items which may
be disposed of upon receipt of replacements (Page 6-3).
Indicated that some reports are
now made available electronically in lieu of being distributed by CGMA-HQ
(Page 6-9).
The title of CGMA Form 5 has
been standardized throughout the manual (Pages 3-8, 3-19, 3-70, 3-72,
3-73, 3-75, 3-80, 3-81, 4-5, 4-26, 4-27, 6-6, 6-13, C-1).
The following CGMA Forms have
been revised to allow them to be completed online prior to printing (or they
can be printed first and completed manually).
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CGMA Form
10
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CGMA Form
17
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CGMA Form
20
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CGMA Form
21
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CGMA Form
22
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Change 2 - May 11, 2004
Kids Wear of Nordstrom names new
point of contact for CGMA Layette program (Page 2-6).
Board of Control approved
changes to CGMA Bylaws (Appendix B, all pages).
CGMA Form 5 revised to add a box
for clients to indicate a Requested Monthly Repayment Amount (CGMA Form 5).
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Change 1 - April 21, 2004
Clarification provided
concerning the following issues:
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Termination of an Assistant Representative's appointment (Page 2-14).
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Approval
requirements for vehicle purchase or replacement assistance (Pages 4-21,
4-22, 4-23, 4-24).
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SEG
eligibility for students who have an associate degree and are working
toward their first bachelor degree (Page 3-63).
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Proof of
insurance requirements when providing rental assistance
(Pages 3-51, 3-52).
CGMA Form 5 was modified to
include designated sections for Regional Directors and Representatives (CGMA
Form 5).
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