1400 Action on Applications for Recertification

The county department shall complete the application process if the household meets all requirements and finishes the necessary processing steps and approve or deny timely applications for recertification prior to the end of the household’s current certification period. In addition, any eligible household shall be provided an opportunity to participate by its normal issuance cycle in the month following the end of its current certification period. However, the household shall lose its right to uninterrupted benefits when it fails to: 1. Attend any interview scheduled on or after the deadline for timely filing of the application for recertification as given in Section 1403. 2. Submit all necessary verification within the time frame established in Section 1402 C as long as the time frame elapses after the deadline for filing a timely application. Although a household loses its right to uninterrupted benefits for such failures, the household shall not be denied at that time, unless it refuses to cooperate. If the household loses its right to uninterrupted benefits due to such failures but is otherwise eligible after correcting such failures, the county department shall, at a minimum, provide benefits within 30 days after the date the application was filed. Denials, including those for failure to complete the interview or provide missing verification timely, shall be completed either by the end of the current certification period or within 30 days after the date the application was filed as long as the household had adequate time for providing the missing verification. The county department shall not continue benefits beyond the end of the certification period unless the household has been recertified. The joint processing requirements in Section 209 A for PA households shall continue to apply to applications for recertifications.