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Assign and Disburse Benefits to Eligible Applicants
Assign benefits to eligible applicants and disburse the benefits by using flows in Public Sector (formerly Public Sector Solutions).
Required Editions
| View supported product editions. |
| User Permissions Needed | |
|---|---|
| To create and edit benefit assignments: | Program and Benefit Management Access |
| To disburse benefits: | Benefit Disbursement Access |
| To open, edit, and run flows in Flow Builder: | Manage Flow |
Assign Benefits to Eligible Applicants
Manually assign benefits to eligible applicants.
- From the App Launcher, find and select Benefit Assignments.
- Click New.
- For Benefit, search for and select the applicable benefit, such as LIHEAP.
- For Program Enrollment, search for and select the applicable program, such as Enrollment for LIHEAP Assistance.
- For Parent Record, search for and select the individual application record of the eligible applicant.
- Select start and end dates and times.
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Enter the total approved amount, next payout date, entitlement amount, and remaining
amount.
Note If you plan to run the schedule-triggered flow to disburse benefits, these fields are required. - Save your changes.
- To disburse the benefit and to see the schedule of upcoming disbursements, click View Disbursements.
Run a Schedule-Triggered Flow to Disburse Benefits
Customize and use a provided flow to generate benefit disbursements for eligible applicants, including large volumes of disbursements, at a specified frequency.
- From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Flows, and then select Flows.
- Click Create Disbursements and Adjustments.
- In the Start node, click Edit.
- Specify a start date, start time, and frequency for the flow, and click Done.
- Click Activate.
Run a Flow to Disburse Benefit Assignments
Although we recommend using a schedule-triggered flow to generate benefit disbursements, if necessary you can use a provided flow to disburse benefits on a case-by-case basis.
- From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Flows, and then select Flows.
- Click Create Disbursement.
- Click the Create Disbursement Record action and then click Edit Element.
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For Benefit Assignment ID, enter the ID from the benefit assignment record’s Lightning URL.
For example, if the Lightning URL for the benefit assignment record is
https://[domain]/lightning/r/BenefitAssignment/0nDDD0000000EVj2AM/view, then enter the ID 0nDDD0000000EVj2AM. - Click Done and then run the flow.
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