Effective immediately, an initial food stamp application may be rejected for
the first month while approving subsequent months if pending verification
affects only the 1st month.
If pending verification is not provided in the application month, and the 30th
day falls in the second month, the
first month's
benefits can be rejected and subsequent months approved:
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if the EU indicates they cannot, or do not choose to, provide pending
verification for an individual who has left the home.
Example 1: Mary Smothers applies for food stamp benefits April 12, 2004, for
herself and her husband, James. James works at Shoneys. The months of April,
May, and June have a PEND status for outstanding verification of James' income.
On May 5, 2004, Mary reports James moved out of the home on April 23 and she
cannot obtain verification of his income. Mary voluntarily requests to have
her application for April rejected. The application can then be approved for
May 2004 ongoing.
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if the EU indicates they cannot, or do not choose to, provide pending
verification that does not apply to subsequent months.
Example 2: Margaret Lewis applies for food stamp benefits April 12, 2004 for
herself and her bother, John. John is subject to work registration and ended
employment in April 2004. The application is pending for the last pay stub
received in April. On May 3, Margaret reports John has new employment and
provides a statement from the employer. She voluntarily requests her
application for April be rejected as John does not want to provide the last pay
stub or ask the employer for the information. The application can then be
approved for May 2004 ongoing because the previous employment does not apply to
subsequent months.
To authorize the rejection for the first month:
If an individual left the EU during the month of application begin here:
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On the Supercase Resident Maintenance (FM0L) screen, type “U” on the Command
line, select the individual who has left the supercase, type the date the
individual left the home under End Date, enter the verification, and press
Enter. The message " Ended Supercase Resident who is in App status, Review
App Detail" appears. Do not go to App detail.
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Type “EDRES” on the Command line and press Enter. The Eligibility
Determination Resolution screen displays.
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Press F14=REQED. The Supercase Eligibility Unit Summary (FM30) screen displays.
The first month eligibility determination is PEND and the second and third
month are PASS.
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Press F18=SELAUTH. The Select Authorization (FM3G) screen displays. Continue
with the next bullet.
If the first month is being rejected because an outstanding verification does
not apply to subsequent months, after requesting the eligibility determination
begin here:
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Select the first month and Press F14=AUTH. The first month of the
authorizations displays. The Action will be "APPR" with Action Status of
"PEND".
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Type “U” on the Command line. Change the Action to “WIRJ”. Type or prompt for
the reason “VOW” and type or prompt for the override reason “SUP”.
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Press Enter. The message “Successfully UPDATED” appears.
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Press F18=COMMENT, and record the decision to reject the first month.
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Press F24=NEXTSEL until the message "Selection List Complete" appears.
F23=AUTH is displayed.
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Press F23=AUTH to authorize all of the actions. The message "The action was
authorized" appears.
The user guide
“WORKER INITIATED REJECTION”
is revised to include the process
for rejecting the first month of an initial application if
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the EU indicates they cannot, or do not choose to, provide pending verification
for an individual who has left the home, or
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the EU indicates they cannot, or do not choose to, provide pending verification
that does not apply to subsequent months.
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