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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 2000 2400 Verification of Social Security Number by SSA 2320 Ending Disqualification

2320 Ending Disqualification SNAP Manual 05/01/08 A household member disqualified for failure to declare or apply for an SSN becomes an eligible member upon compliance with the SSN requirement (see SNAP 2400).

2400 Verification of Social Security Number by SSA

SNAP Manual 05/01/08 Each month, all Social Security numbers that have been entered to ANSWER by the county office with enumeration code “Provided” are submitted to the Social Security Administration to verify SSN based on name, sex and date of birth. ANSWER will submit every unverified number and pseudo numbers on a monthly basis. If all match data agrees with SSA records, the enumeration code is changed to “Verified” in ANSWER by the system and the SSN is no longer keyable by the county. Once verified the enumeration code “S” will show on the Mainframe and ANSWER will show “Verified”. If one or more of the match items does not agree with SSA records, the enumeration code will be changed on the Mainframe and ANSWER system to one of the following mismatched codes:

Mainframe Answer 1 SSN not on SSA files 2 Name matches, DOB matches, Sex does notmatch 3 Name matches, DOB does not match 4 Name matches, DOB and Sex do notmatch 5 Name does not match, DOB and Sex not checked. 6 Name and DOB match, multi or different SSN

2410 SSN Mismatch Report SNAP Manual 05/01/08 SSNs that have mismatched with SSA records will be reported via the SSN Mismatch Report on the ANSWER Reporting System. A mismatched SSN will continue to verify the number. The report will reflect the number of times a particular mismatched SSN has been submitted to SSA. This counter will appear in the “Counter” column of the Mismatch Report.