FSD must receive a household’s or their authorized representative, request to appeal an action, decision, or current level of benefits:
- Within ninety (90) calendar days from the date of the FSD action notice
- Any time within the SNAP certification period if a household or their authorized representative disagrees with the current amount of benefits; or
- Within 90 days of the date of the denial of restored SNAP benefits and the benefits were lost less than a year before the date of the request for restoration
Note: A household or their authorized representative may request a fair hearing any time they disagree with a decision, action, or failure to act by FSD, or the amount of benefits.
- FSD staff must accept all hearing requests and complete the Hearing Request (IM-85) form.
- The Division of Legal Services (DLS)Administrative Hearings Unit (AHU) may reject or dismiss a hearing request received outside the 90-day limit. The AHU has the overall decision on approving the rescind, withdrawal or dismissal.