Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Manual

1100.000.00 Overview of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

• 1100.005.00 Benefit Issuance
  • 1100.005.05 Using SNAP Benefits
• 1100.007.00 Legal Basis
• 1100.010.00 Definitions
• 1100.015.00 Disclosure
  • 1100.015.02 Information Available to the EU
  • 1100.015.05 Information Available to the Public
  • 1100.015.10 Confidentiality of the SNAP Case Files

1102.000.00 Verification

• 1102.005.00 Sources of Verification
  • 1102.005.02 Documentation of Verification
  • 1102.005.05 Documentary Verification
  • 1102.005.10 Reference Verification
  • 1102.005.15 Worker’s Judgment/EU’s Statement
  • 1102.005.20 Home Visit
  • 1102.005.25 Inconsistent Information
• 1102.015.00 Verification Required at Initial Application
  • 1102.015.05 Gross Income
  • 1102.015.10 Immigrant Eligibility
  • 1102.015.15 Medical Expenses
  • 1102.015.20 Social Security Numbers
  • 1102.015.25 Residency obsolete
  • 1102.015.30 Identity Verification
  • 1102.015.35 Disability
  • 1102.015.40 Legal Obligation and Actual Child Support Payments
  • 1102.015.45 Number of Hours Worked by Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents
  • 1102.015.50 Questionable Information
  • 1102.015.55 Income Maintenance and Employment Security Interface (IMES)
  • 1102.015.60 Eligibility Unit Composition
• 1102.020.00 Verification Required at Recertification
• 1102.025.00 Verification Required for Reported Changes
• 1102.030.00 Comments

1105.000.00 Non-financial Eligibility Requirements

• 1105.005.00 Residency
• 1105.010.00 Citizenship and Immigrant Status
  • 1105.010.02 United States Non-citizen Nationals
  • 1105.010.03 Cross-Border Native Americans
  • 1105.010.04 Hmong, Laotian Highlanders
  • 1105.010.05 Qualified Immigrants
  • 1105.010.10 Eligible Immigrants
    • 1105.010.10.05 Immigrants Who Have Resided in the US With a Qualified Status for Five Years
    • 1105.010.10.07 Immigrant Children
    • 1105.010.10.10 Disabled Immigrants
    • 1105.010.10.15 Refugees, Amerasians, Asylees, Cuban/Haitian Entrants, and Deportees
    • 1105.010.10.20 Non-citizens With a Military Connection
    • 1105.010.10.25 Immigrants With 40 Qualifying Work Quarters Under SSA
      • 1105.010.10.25.05 Qualifying Quarters
      • 1105.010.10.25.10 Guidelines for Deeming Quarters
      • 1105.010.10.25.15 Verification of 40 Quarters
      • 1105.010.10.25.20 Subtraction From Work Quarters for Receipt of Assistance Under a Federal Means-Tested Program
    • 1105.010.10.30 Immigrants Eligible Under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000
    • 1105.010.10.35 Lawful Permanent Residents, Parolees, Granted Conditional Entry, and Battered Immigrants
    • 1105.010.10.40 Immigrants From Micronesia and Marshall Islands
    • 1105.010.10.45 Temporary Status
    • 1105.010.10.50 Iraqi and Afghan Special Immigrants
  • 1105.010.12 Verifying Immigrant Status
  • 1105.010.15 Approval Pending Receipt of Immigrant Documentation
    • 1105.010.15.05 Pending Receipt of US Citizen or US National Documentation
    • 1105.010.15.10 Immigrant Status Cannot Be Determined
    • 1105.010.15.15 Non-USCIS Documentation
  • 1105.010.17 Reporting Illegal Immigrants
  • 1105.010.20 Sponsored Immigrants
    • 1105.010.20.05 Definition of Sponsor
    • 1105.010.20.10 Sponsor Liability
    • 1105.010.20.15 Sponsor Deeming
    • 1105.010.20.20 Exemptions to Deeming
    • 1105.010.20.25 Deeming of Sponsor’s Income
    • 1105.010.20.30 Deeming of Sponsor’s Resources
    • 1105.010.20.35 Responsibility
    • 1105.010.20.40 Verification of Sponsor
• 1105.015.00 Eligibility Unit Determination
  • 1105.015.04 Eligibility Unit Members
    • 1105.015.04.05 Individuals
    • 1105.015.04.10 Eligibility Unit Groups
    • 1105.015.04.15 Mandatory SNAP Household Members
    • 1105.015.04.20 Joint Custody Situations
    • 1105.015.04.25 Foster Care Individuals
    • 1105.015.04.30 Separate Eligibility Units
  • 1105.015.05 Non-EU Members
    • 1105.015.05.05 Commercial Boarding Houses
    • 1105.015.05.10 Institutions
    • 1105.015.05.15 Roomers and Boarders
    • 1105.015.05.20 Foster Care Individuals
    • 1105.015.05.25 Elderly Persons Unable to Purchase/Prepare Food
    • 1105.015.05.30 Live-In Attendants and Other Non-EU Members
  • 1105.015.10 Ineligible Members Included in the Household
    • 1105.015.10.05 Ineligible Immigrants
      • 1105.015.10.05.05 Eligibility Determinations for Ineligible Immigrants
    • 1105.015.10.10 Disqualified for Failure to Provide/Decline to Declare SSN
      • 1105.015.10.10.05 Eligibility Determinations for Failure to Provide/Decline to Declare SSN
    • 1105.015.10.15 Disqualified for Intentional Program Violations
      • 1105.015.10.15.05 Eligibility Determinations for Intentional Program Violations
    • 1105.015.10.20 Disqualified for Failure to Comply With Work Registration Components: Job Quit, Reduced Work Hours, or Refusal of an Offer of Suitable Employment
      • 1105.015.10.20.05 Eligibility Determinations for Failure to Comply With Work Requirement Components: Job Quit, Reduced Work Hours, or Refusal of an Offer of Suitable Employment
    • 1105.015.10.25 Failure to Meet the ABAWD Work Requirement
      • 1105.015.10.25.05 Eligibility Determinations for Failure to Meet the ABAWD Work Requirement
    • 1105.015.10.30 Ineligible Students
      • 1105.015.10.30.05 Eligibility Determinations for Ineligible Students
    • 1105.015.10.35 Disqualified for Felony Drug Conviction
      • 1105.015.10.35.05 Eligibility Determinations for Felony Drug Conviction
      • 1105.015.10.35.10 Exceptions to Felony Drug Conviction Disqualification
    • 1105.015.10.40 Disqualified for Probation/Parole Violation
      • 1105.015.10.40.05 Eligibility Determinations for Probation/Parole Violation
    • 1105.015.10.45 Disqualified for Fleeing Felon
      • 1105.015.10.45.05 Eligibility Determinations for Fleeing Felons
    • 1105.015.10.50 Disqualified for Trafficking Food Stamps
      • 1105.015.10.50.05 Eligibility Determinations for Trafficking
    • 1105.015.10.55 Disqualified for Trading Food Stamp Benefits for Guns, Ammunitions, or Explosives
      • 1105.015.10.55.05 Eligibility Determinations for Trading Food Stamp Benefits for Guns, Ammunitions, or Explosives
    • 1105.015.10.60 Disqualified for Trading Food Stamp Benefits for Drugs
      • 1105.015.10.60.05 Eligibility Determinations for Trading Food Stamp Benefits for Drugs
    • 1105.015.10.65 Disqualification Due to Criminal Convictions/Non-compliance
  • 1105.015.15 Duplicate Participation
• 1105.020.00 Identity
• 1105.025.00 Work Requirements
  • 1105.025.05 Work Requirement Assessment
    • 1105.025.05.05 Household Members Exempt From Work Registration
    • 1105.025.05.10 Work Registration
    • 1105.025.05.15 Household Members Excluded From Work Registration
    • 1105.025.05.20 SkillUP – Missouri’s Employment & Training Program
      • 1105.025.05.20.05 EU Members Volunteer
    • 1105.025.05.25 Voluntary Job Quit
    • 1105.025.05.30 Work Effort Reduction
    • 1105.025.05.35 Refused an Offer of Suitable Employment
  • 1105.025.07 Exempt EU Members Volunteering for METP Participation
  • 1105.025.10 Sanctions for Job Quit, Reduced Work Hours or Refusal of an Offer of Suitable Employment
    • 1105.025.10.05 Determining Good Cause for Job Quit, Reduced Work Hours or Refusal of an Offer of Suitable Employment
    • 1105.025.10.10 Resolving Noncompliance With Work Requirements
    • 1105.025.10.15 Reapplication After Sanctioning for Job Quit, Reduced Hours Worked or Refusal to Accept an Offer of Suitable Employment
  • 1105.025.12 DWD Determines Individual May Meet a Work Registration Exemption or Exclusion
  • 1105.025.15 SkillUP Components
  • 1105.025.20 Changes in Work Registration Status
  • 1105.025.25 Work Related Expenses
  • 1105.025.30 Work Registration Noncompliance
    • 1105.025.30.15 Refuses, Without Good Cause, to Accept an Offer of Employment, Provided the Offer of Employment Meets the Suitability Criteria
    • 1105.025.30.20 Refuses, Without Good Cause, to Provide Sufficient Information to Allow a Determination of His/Her Employment Status or Job Availability
    • 1105.025.30.25 Fails to Comply With Temporary Assistance Work Requirements or Unemployment Compensation Requirements
    • 1105.025.30.30 Voluntary Job Quit
    • 1105.025.30.35 Work Effort Reduction
  • 1105.025.35 Determining Good Cause for Work Registration Components
    • 1105.025.35.05 Good Cause for Voluntary Job Quit or Work Effort Reduction
  • 1105.025.40 Work Registration (METP) – Suitable Employment
  • 1105.025.45 Work Registration Conciliation Period
    • 1105.025.45.05 Non-compliance Determined by Worker
  • 1105.025.50 Resolving Noncompliance With Work Registration
    • 1105.025.50.05 Exemption or Exclusion From Work Registration
    • 1105.025.50.10 Registering for Work
    • 1105.025.50.15 Participating in an Employment and Training Program
    • 1105.025.50.20 Providing Sufficient Information to Determine Employment Status or Job Availability
    • 1105.025.50.25 Complying With Temporary Assistance Work Requirement or Unemployment Compensation Requirements
    • 1105.025.50.30 Going to Work
    • 1105.025.50.35 Increasing the Number of Hours Worked
  • 1105.025.55 Work Registration (METP) Noncompliance Sanctions
  • 1105.025.60 Applying Voluntary Quit Decision
  • 1105.025.65 Claims Due to Voluntary Job Quit
  • 1105.025.70 Work Registration for Strikers
  • 1105.025.75 Reapplication After Sanctioning for Work Registration (METP)
• 1105.030.00 Overlapping Disqualification
• 1105.032.00 Notices
• 1105.035.00 Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) Work Requirements
  • 1105.035.05 Counties Waived From the ABAWD Work Requirement
  • 1105.035.15 Exemptions to Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents Training/Work Requirement and Verification
  • 1105.035.20 ABAWD Training/Work Requirements
  • 1105.035.25 Definition of Work and Training
  • 1105.035.30 Evaluating Months for ABAWD Training/Work Requirement
  • 1105.035.35 Identifying and Tracking Non-work Months
  • 1105.035.40 Regaining SNAP Eligibility
  • 1105.035.45 After Regaining Eligibility
  • 1105.035.50 Notices
• 1105.037.00 Notices obsolete
• 1105.040.00 Social Security Numbers
  • 1105.040.05 Providing and Verifying SSNs
  • 1105.040.10 obsolete by IM-11 March 18, 2014
    • 1105.040.10.05 Determining Good Cause
    • 1105.040.10.10 Action Taken – Good Cause Determination
    • 1105.040.10.15 No Good Cause and Ending SSN Disqualification
• 1105.097.00 Appendix A – Verification of Immigration Status
• 1105.098.00 Appendix B – Guide for 40 Quarter Immigrant Eligibility Determination
  • 1105.098.05 Overview
  • 1105.098.10 Consent for Release of Information
  • 1105.098.15 Making the Determination
  • 1105.098.20 Reconciliation – Covered Earnings
    • 1105.098.20.10 Noncovered Employment
    • 1105.098.20.15 Evidence to Credit Qualifying Quarters
    • 1105.098.20.20 SSA Earnings Chart
• 1105.099.00 Appendix C – Guide to Immigrant Eligibility

1110.000.00 Resources

• 1110.005.00 Maximum Resources Allowed
• 1110.010.00 Persons Whose Resources Are to Be Considered
• 1110.015.00 Jointly-Owned Resources
• 1110.020.00 Excluded Resources
  • 1110.020.05 Home
  • 1110.020.10 Vehicles
  • 1110.020.15 Burial Plots
  • 1110.020.16 Life Insurance
  • 1110.020.17 Prepaid Burials
  • 1110.020.20 Real and Personal Property
  • 1110.020.25 Business Property
  • 1110.020.30 Governmental Payments
  • 1110.020.35 Indian and Alaskan Native Payments
  • 1110.020.40 Pension and Savings Plans
  • 1110.020.42 Contracts and Notes
  • 1110.020.45 Trusts and Inaccessible Resources
  • 1110.020.50 Averaged Income as an Excluded Resource
  • 1110.020.55 Legal Restrictions
• 1110.025.00 Non-exempt Resources
• 1110.030.00 Lump Sum Payments
• 1110.035.00 Transfer of Resources
  • 1110.035.05 Transfers Not Affecting Eligibility
  • 1110.035.10 Period of Disqualification

1115.000.00 Income

• 1115.005.00 Earned Income
• 1115.010.00 Unearned Income
• 1115.015.00 Income Exclusions
  • 1115.015.05 Income in Kind
  • 1115.015.10 Vendor Payments
  • 1115.015.15 Compensation in Lieu of Wages
  • 1115.015.20 Uncertain/Irregular Income
  • 1115.015.25 Loans
  • 1115.015.30 Reimbursements
  • 1115.015.35 Representative Payee Payments
  • 1115.015.40 Earnings of Children
  • 1115.015.45 Disaster Payments
  • 1115.015.50 Domestic Volunteer Service Act (DVSA) – Not AmeriCorps or VISTA
  • 1115.015.55 Work Study/Educational Income
  • 1115.015.60 Non-recurring Payments
  • 1115.015.65 Relocation Assistance
  • 1115.015.70 Indian or Alaskan Native Payments
  • 1115.015.75 WIA Income
  • 1115.015.80 Recoupment Payments
  • 1115.015.85 Military Payments
  • 1115.015.90 Other Excluded Income
• 1115.020.00 Determining Income
  • 1115.020.05 Projecting Income
    • 1115.020.05.05 Actual Income
  • 1115.020.10 Income Only in Month Received
  • 1115.020.15 Advances on Wages
  • 1115.020.20 Military Pay Date
• 1115.025.00 Income Averaging
• 1115.030.00 Converting to Monthly Income
• 1115.035.00 Income Deductions
  • 1115.035.01 Disallowed Expenses
  • 1115.035.02 Averaging Expenses
  • 1115.035.03 Converting Deductions to Monthly Amounts
  • 1115.035.05 Earned and Standard Income Deductions
  • 1115.035.10 Dependent Care
    • 1115.035.10.05 Ineligible Household Member Paying Dependent Care
    • 1115.035.10.10 Disqualified EU Members Paying Dependent Care Expense
    • 1115.035.10.15 Income Excluded for EU Member Paying Dependent Care
    • 1115.035.10.20 Ineligible Student or Duplicate Participant Paying Dependent Care
  • 1115.035.15 Excess Medical Deduction
    • 1115.035.15.05 Amount of Medical Deduction
    • 1115.035.15.10 Types of Medical Expenses Allowed
    • 1115.035.15.15 Third Party Liability (TPL)
    • 1115.035.15.16 Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Account
    • 1115.035.15.20 Payment Plans
    • 1115.035.15.25 Budgeting Guide
  • 1115.035.20 Child Support Exclusion
    • 1115.035.20.05 Ineligible EU Members Paying Court Ordered Child Support
    • 1115.035.20.10 Disqualified EU Members Paying Court Ordered Child Support
    • 1115.035.20.15 Income Excluded for EU Member Paying Court Ordered Child Support
    • 1115.035.20.20 Ineligible Student or Duplicate Participant Paying Court Ordered Child Support
  • 1115.035.25 Excess Shelter Cost
    • 1115.035.25.05 Allowable Shelter Costs
    • 1115.035.25.06 Vacated Home
    • 1115.035.25.15 Mandatory Utility Standards
    • 1115.035.25.20 Utility Decision Period
    • 1115.035.25.25 Special Situations
    • 1115.035.25.35 Shelter Costs of a Vacated Home
    • 1115.035.25.40 Homeless Standard Deduction
  • 1115.035.30 Calculating Income Deductions
    • 1115.035.30.05 Averaging Expenses
    • 1115.035.30.10 Anticipating Expenses
    • 1115.035.30.15 Disallowed Expenses
    • 1115.035.30.20 Deduction Conversion to Monthly Amount
  • 1115.035.35 Net Income and Benefit Level Calculation
• 1115.040.00 Self-Employment Income
  • 1115.040.01 Partnerships, S Corporations, and Corporations
  • 1115.040.05 Income to Self-Employed Households
  • 1115.040.10 Losses From Self-Employment Income
  • 1115.040.15 Computing Averaged Self-Employment Income
  • 1115.040.20 Anticipating Current Year’s Expenses
  • 1115.040.25 Expenses of Producing Self-Employment Income
  • 1115.040.30 Non-expenses of Producing Self-Employment Income
• 1115.045.00 Investment Property Income
• 1115.050.00 Farm Worker Employment Income
  • 1115.050.05 Destitute Migrant/Seasonal Farm Worker Household
    • 1115.050.05.05 Definition of Destitute
    • 1115.050.05.10 Budgeting Procedure for Destitute Household
• 1115.055.00 Student Income
  • 1115.055.05 Student Quits School
  • 1115.055.10 Student Income Expenses
• 1115.060.00 Income of Contractual Employee
• 1115.065.00 Income From Boarders
• 1115.070.00 Income and Expenses From Disqualified/Ineligible Members for Failure to Obtain or Provide an SSN, Immigration Status, Not Meeting the ABAWD Work Requirement, or Comparable Disqualification
• 1115.071.00 Income and Expenses From Disqualified/Ineligible Members for Intentional Program Violation, Work Registration/METP Sanction, Fleeing Felon, Probation or Parole Violator, or Drug Felony Conviction
• 1115.075.00 Non-household Members
• 1115.080.00 Prohibition in Increasing Food Stamp Benefits
• 1115.085.00 Income Maintenance Grants
• 1115.090.00 Management
• 1115.095.00 Income Eligibility Limits
  • 1115.095.05 EUs Subject to 100% of Federal Income Poverty (Net Income) Guidelines Only
  • 1115.095.10 EUs Subject to Both 130% (Gross Income) and 100% (Net Income) of Federal Income Poverty Guideline
  • 1115.095.15 Categorically Eligible EUs
• 1115.099.00 Maximum Allowable Monthly Income Limits and Allotment

1120.000.00 Application Process

• 1120.005.00 Availability of Applications
  • 1120.005.05 SNAP Program Explanation
  • 1120.005.10 Explanation of Rights and Responsibilities
• 1120.010.00 Applications Received by the Agency
• 1120.011.00 Online Applications obsolete
• 1120.012.00 Filing an Application Outside County of Residence obsolete
• 1120.013.00 Location of Food Stamp Case Records
• 1120.015.00 Expedited Service Applications
• 1120.020.00 Date the Application Is Filed
• 1120.025.00 Signing the Application
  • 1120.025.05 Authorized Representative
  • 1120.025.10 Disqualified Authorized Representative
• 1120.030.00 Period of Application
• 1120.035.00 Applications More than 60 Days Prior to Last ATP
• 1120.045.00 Interviews
  • 1120.045.05 Postponed Interview obsolete
  • 1120.045.10 Applicant Cannot Complete Interview
  • 1120.045.15 Waiver of the Office Interview
  • 1120.045.20 Telephone Interviews
  • 1120.045.25 Home Visit Interviews
  • 1120.045.30 Scheduled Interviews
  • 1120.045.35 Joint IM and FS Application Interview

1125.000.00 Expedited Service

• 1125.005.00 Screening Procedures for Expedited Services
• 1125.010.00 Expedited Service Criteria
  • 1125.010.05 Income, Resources, and Shelter Costs
  • 1125.010.10 Destitute Migrant/Seasonal Farm Worker EUs
• 1125.015.00 Changes Reported on a Pending Application/Date of Discovery
• 1125.017.00 Mail-In or Faxed Applications
• 1125.020.00 Time Frames for Processing Expedited Services
  • 1125.020.05 Initial Applications
  • 1125.020.10 Second Month Screenings
  • 1125.020.15 Expedited Eligibility Discovered After Application
  • 1125.020.20 Expedited Eligibility Due to Reported Change
• 1125.025.00 Steps to Process Expedited Eligible Applications
• 1125.030.00 Postponed Verifications
• 1125.035.00 Expedited Certification Periods

1130.000.00 Certification Procedures

• 1130.005.00 Processing Time Frames
• 1130.010.00 Proration
• 1130.015.00 Recertifications
  • 1130.015.05 Timely Recertifications
  • 1130.015.10 Non-timely Recertifications
  • 1130.015.15 Processing Recertifications
• 1130.020.00 Anticipated Changes at Time of Application
• 1130.025.00 Delays in Processing
• 1130.027.00 Household Provides Requested Verification/Takes Required Action After Rejection
• 1130.030.00 Certification Periods
  • 1130.030.10 EUs in Which All Adult Members Are Elderly or Disabled
  • 1130.030.20 Notice of Expiration (NOE)
• 1130.035.00 Basis of Issuance and Determining Benefit Levels
  • 1130.035.05 Categorically Eligible EUs
  • 1130.035.10 Elderly and Disabled and Other EUs
  • 1130.035.15 Categorically Eligible After Lottery and Gambling Winnings
• 1130.040.00 Notices
• 1130.045.00 Voluntary Withdrawal of Application
• 1130.099.00 Appendix A

1135.000.00 Special Application Procedures

• 1135.005.00 Special Meal Programs
  • 1135.005.05 Delivered Meal Service
  • 1135.005.10 Communal Dining
  • 1135.005.15 Residents of Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers
    • 1135.005.15.05 Eligibility Determination
    • 1135.005.15.10 Center Responsibilities When Resident Leaves
    • 1135.005.15.15 Responsibility for Reporting Changes
    • 1135.005.15.20 FSD Review
    • 1135.005.15.25 Participation/Disqualification of Treatment Center
  • 1135.005.20 Individual Residing Outside Treatment Center
  • 1135.005.25 Group Living Arrangement
    • 1135.005.25.05 Eligibility Determination
    • 1135.005.25.10 Household Leaves Facility
    • 1135.005.25.15 Responsibility for Reporting Changes
    • 1135.005.25.20 FSD Review
    • 1135.005.25.25 Disqualification of Group Living Arrangements
  • 1135.005.30 Homeless Meal Providers
  • 1135.005.35 Shelters for Battered Women and Children
    • 1135.005.35.05 Eligibility Requirements
    • 1135.005.35.10 Eligibility Determination
    • 1135.005.35.15 Changes in Circumstances
    • 1135.005.35.20 Benefit Issuance and Use
• 1135.010.00 Application by Strikers
  • 1135.010.05 Eligibility Guidelines for All Striker Households
  • 1135.010.07 FAMIS Procedures
    • 1135.010.07.05 Determining Pre-strike Eligibility
  • 1135.010.10 Changes Reported by Eligible Striker Household
• 1135.020.00 SSI/Food Stamp Joint Application Processing
  • 1135.020.05 Filing an Application
  • 1135.020.10 SSA Food Stamp Application Process
  • 1135.020.15 Work Registration Requirements
  • 1135.020.20 Certification Periods
  • 1135.020.25 Changes in Circumstances
  • 1135.020.30 Recertification
• 1135.025.00 Students in Institutions of Higher Education
  • 1135.025.05 Work Registration Exemption
  • 1135.025.10 Eligibility Determination
• 1135.035.00 Categorical Eligibility (CE)
  • 1135.035.05 CE Household/Members Receive Temporary Assistance/SSI/SAB/SP/Special Support Services
    • 1135.035.05.05 CE Household Determination (Temporary Assistance/SSI/SAB/SP/Special Support Services)
    • 1135.035.05.10 CE Household Eligibility (Temporary Assistance/SSI/SAB/SP/Special Support Services)
  • 1135.035.20 Applications and Reapplications
  • 1135.035.25 Cancel Closing an SP Case
  • 1135.035.30 CE for Individual Household Members

1140.000.00 Simplified Reporting

• 1140.005.00 Changes Not Required to Be Reported by the Household
  • 1140.005.05 Change Reported Timely
  • 1140.005.10 Time Frame for Acting on Changes
  • 1140.005.15 Change Processing for Applicant Households
  • 1140.005.20 Increasing Benefits
  • 1140.005.25 Significant Changes
  • 1140.005.30 Decreased Allotment or Closing
  • 1140.005.35 Mass Adjustments
  • 1140.005.40 Changes to Income
  • 1140.005.45 Reduction in the Number of Hours Worked by a Household Member Subject to the ABAWD Work Requirement
  • 1140.005.46 Lottery and Gambling Winnings
  • 1140.005.50 Address Changes
  • 1140.005.55 Changes in Household’s Income Maintenance Grant
  • 1140.005.60 Changes Considered Verified Upon Receipt for a Household
  • 1140.005.65 Voluntary Closing Requested by a Household
  • 1140.005.70 Head of Household Leaves the Home/Dies
• 1140.020.00 Mid-Certification Reviews
  • 1140.020.05 Mid-Certification Review for SNAP Only Cases
  • 1140.020.10 Mid-Certification Review SNAP/IM Combination Cases
  • 1140.020.15 Mid-Certification Review Recording
  • 1140.020.20 Time Frame for Acting on Changes for Mid-Certification Reviews
• 1140.025.00 Change Notices
  • 1140.025.05 Advance Notice of Adverse Action
  • 1140.025.10.05 Exemptions to Notice of Adverse Action
• 1140.030.00 Quality Assurance/Quality Control Review Non-compliance
  • 1140.030.05 Sanction of Household for Refusal to Cooperate With a Quality Assurance/Quality Control Review
  • 1140.030.10 Curing a Quality Assurance/Quality Control Sanction

1141.000.00 Unclear Information

• 1141.005.00 When to Act on Unclear Information
• 1141.010.00 Acting on Unclear Information From Certain Data Matches
  • 1141.010.05 Deceased Matches
  • 1141.010.10 Incarceration Matches
  • 1141.010.15 National Accuracy Clearinghouse (NAC) 

1142.000.00 SNAP Claims Determinations

• 1142.005.00 Legal Basis
• 1142.010.00 Claims Process
• 1142.015.00 Types of Claims
  • 1142.015.05 Administrative Error
  • 1142.015.10 Inadvertent Household Error
    • 1142.015.10.05 Suspected Program Violation
  • 1142.015.15 Intentional Program Violation
    • 1142.015.15.05 Trafficking
• 1142.020.00 Claims Referral Procedures and Determination of Date of Discovery
• 1142.025.00 Processing Time/Monitoring
• 1142.030.00 Establishing Claims
• 1142.035.00 Computing the Amount of the Claim
  • 1142.035.05 Overpayment Period
  • 1142.035.10 Determining the Amount of the Claim
    • 1142.035.10.05 Determining the Amount of the Claim for Simplified Reporting Households
    • 1142.035.10.10 Determining the Amount of the Claim for Change Reporting EUs obsolete
• 1142.040.00 Responsible Members
• 1142.045.00 Demand Letters
• 1142.050.00 Claims Hearings
• 1142.055.00 Collection Procedures
  • 1142.055.05 Compromising Claims
  • 1142.055.10 Repayment Agreement
  • 1142.055.15 Methods of Repayment
    • 1142.055.15.05 Cash
    • 1142.055.15.10 EBT Voluntary Repayment
    • 1142.055.15.15 Offset
    • 1142.055.15.20 Automated Recoupment of SNAP Benefits
    • 1142.055.15.25 Treasury Offset Program
    • 1142.055.15.30 Expunged SNAP Benefits
• 1142.057.00 Reducing or Increasing the Amount of an Established Claim
• 1142.060.00 Terminating a Claim
• 1142.065.00 Closing a Claim
• 1142.070.00 Reinstating a Closed or Terminated Claim
• 1142.075.00 Bankruptcy
• 1142.080.00 Overpaid Claims
• 1142.085.00 Deferred Adjudication obsolete
• 1142.090.00 Interstate Claims
• 1142.095.00 Retention of Records

1145.000.00 Disqualification for Intentional Program Violation

• 1145.005.00 Referral for Investigation-WIU
• 1145.010.00 Disqualification Process
  • 1145.010.05 WIU Returns Claim/Referral Without Investigating
  • 1145.010.10 WIU Recommends Administrative Disqualification
  • 1145.010.15 Food Stamp Program Participation While Awaiting a Hearing
  • 1145.010.20 Administrative Disqualification Hearing Scheduled
    • 1145.010.20.05 WIU Returns Claim/Referral Without Investigating
    • 1145.010.20.10 FSD/WIU Agree to ADH – Waiver Not Offered
    • 1145.010.20.15 IM-161 Waiver Offered – Not Accepted
    • 1145.010.20.20 IM-161 Waiver Offered – Accepted
    • 1145.010.20.25 IM-161 Waiver Offered – Accepted and Withdrawn
  • 1145.010.25 Administrative Disqualification Hearing Procedure
    • 1145.010.25.05 Scheduling the ADH
    • 1145.010.25.10 Conducting the ADH
    • 1145.010.25.15 Good Cause for Failure to Appear
    • 1145.010.25.20 Hearing Decision
• 1145.015.00 Disqualification Penalties
  • 1145.015.05 Timely Disqualifications
  • 1145.015.10 Non-timely Disqualifications
• 1145.020.00 Procedures to Impose the Disqualification Penalty
• 1145.025.00 Changing the Disqualification
• 1145.030.00 Expiration of Disqualification Penalty Period
• 1145.035.00 Criminal or Civil Court Decisions
• 1145.040.00 Disqualification From Other States
• 1145.045.00 Retention of Disqualification Records
• 1145.050.00 Special Procedures
• 1145.055.00 Investigation/Disqualification Forms
  • 1145.055.05 FSD/WIU Investigation Tracking Sheet
  • 1145.055.10 Advance Notice of Your Administrative Disqualification Hearing (IM-160)
  • 1145.055.15 Waiver of Administrative Disqualification Hearing Consent Agreement (IM-161)
  • 1145.055.20 Withdrawal of Waiver of Administrative Disqualification Hearing Consent Agreement (IM-161A)
  • 1145.055.25 FAMIS Notices

1150.000.00 Replacement Issuances

• 1150.005.00 SNAP Benefits Lost From an EBT Account
• 1150.010.00 Food Purchased With SNAP Benefits Lost in a Household Misfortune
• 1150.015.00 SNAP Electronically Stolen Benefits

1160.000.00 Disaster Food Stamp Program