Effective Date – July 1, 2008

   1500   Reporting Requirements/Action on Changes

Child Care - ARW, Chapt. 1, Purchase of Service

SNAP - 7 CFR 273.12; ARW, Chapt. 1, Section 7

POWER - ARW, Chapt. 1, Section 10

A.    Conduct a redetermination of eligibility for the benefit month when a change is reported or becomes known to the DFS-FO, excluding an income change on an on-going case for SNAP.

 

B.   Verify each change suspected, reported or known by the agency and

       take the appropriate adverse action when verification cannot be obtained.

  

SNAP – 7CFR 273.2, .12

 

 

  C.  Changes Reported After the Interview in the Initial Month, But Before the Notice of Eligibility:

        If a household voluntarily reports a change in income, ie. beginning a new job, before the case has been authorized in the initial month, it is  required of the worker to determine if the reported change affects eligibility.

1.    The household must be given 10 days to provide the income verification;

2.    If the 10 day verification time frame expires within the 30 day application time frame and the verification is provided timely, benefits would be paid back to the date of the application;

3.    If the 10 day verification time frame will cause the application to go past the 30 day application time frame and the client returns the verification within the 10 day time frame, benefits would be paid back to the application date;

4.    If the household does not provide the verification within 10 days from the request for verification and the 30 day processing time frame has expired, the delay in processing would be the fault of the household and the household would lose its entitlement to benefits for the month of application;

   5. If the income verification is received at any time in the second 30

        days, the second month’s benefits would be prorated from the

        date the  household provides the verification.