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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 4000 8B4900 Special Resource Situations 56B4952 Verification

5. $500 to a relative to repay a loan. 6. $400 to a doctor to pay a previous bill incurred for one of the children. After expenditures, the balance of the lump sum payment remaining is $1,400. The household would continue to be eligible if no other resources were available. When a lump sum payment is reported, the household will be given an opportunity to establish the net amount of the payment and any expenditure. For applicant households, see SNAP 8500. For active households, see SNAP 11422. 4952 Verification SNAP Manual 09/01/88 The net amount of the payment may be verified through letters or documents provided by the source of the payment. Collateral contact with the source of the payment may also be used as verification. Expenditures declared by the household will be verified if questionable. It will be sufficient to verify any declared liquid resources if the expenditures declared by the household are not questionable. Questionable expenditures may be verified through receipts furnished by the household. If the household claims it has no receipts and cannot obtain them, all expenditures including the ones determined questionable will be listed in a signed statement completed by the household. The household will then be asked to furnish proof of current bank account levels and a listing of recent withdrawals. If the household claims, the payment was never deposited in the bank and has been expended to the point that the household is eligible; the county office worker must request the following information: a. Verification of the lump sum payment; b. Receipts or other documentation of any questionable expenditures; and c. The household’s written, signed statement of the amount remaining from the payment. Collateral statements may be requested when the household is unable to furnish any other verification of a lump sum payment and/or questionable expenditures. When neither the household nor the county office worker can obtain the needed verification, the client’s statement of the amount remaining will be accepted along with proof that the household has no accounts currently active in local banks and/or savings and loans. This proof must include