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APPENDIX: SNAP GLOSSARY Verification - Verification -V- -V- Verification 10/01/08 The use of third party information or documentation to establish the accuracy or validity of information provided by an applicant for SNAP benefits or a recipient of SNAP benefits. The types of verification are documentary evidence, collateral contact and home visit. At initial application (see SNAP 8100), households are required to furnish verification of actual utilities, medical costs, income, dependent care costs, and resources. Alien status and residency will be verified if not previously verified. Household composition, citizenship, utility standard entitlement, dependent care costs, excluded income, and work registration exemption will be verified if questionable. When processing timely recertifications (see SNAP 10300) and untimely recertifications (see SNAP 10900), changes in income or actual utility expenses will be verified if the source has changed or the amount has changed by more than $25. Previously unreported medical expenses and total nonrecurring medical expenses that have changed by more than $25 will also be verified. Dependent care costs must be verified when the household reports a change in amount paid or change in provider. Income, total medical expenses or actual utility expenses that the household claims have changed by $25 or less will not be verified unless this information is incomplete, inaccurate, inconsistent or outdated. Alien status and residency will be verified if there has been a change. Unchanged information will not be verified unless the reported information is incomplete, inaccurate, inconsistent, or outdated. Changes reported during the certification period are subject to the same verification procedures that apply at initial application except that reported income, total medical expenses or actual utility expenses which are unchanged or changed by $25 or less will not be verified unless reported information is incomplete, inaccurate, inconsistent, or outdated. Previously unreported dependent care costs must be verified, as well as changes in amount and provider. When a semi-annual report is submitted, households must report and verify all earned income. Otherwise, the verification requirements for reported changes will apply.