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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 4000 8B4900 Special Resource Situations 63B4974 Periods of Disqualification

disqualification as well as the household’s right to an administrative hearing. The disqualification period will begin with the month of application. If the household is certified at, the time the transfer is discovered, a notice of adverse action that explains the reason for and the length of the disqualification must be sent. The disqualification period begins with the first benefits authorized after the expiration of the adverse action period, unless the household requests an administrative hearing and continued benefits.  NOTE: A disqualification penalty can be imposed only once for the same transfer. 4974 Periods of Disqualification SNAP Manual 07/01/01 To determine the length of the disqualification period, the county office worker must add the value of the transferred resource to the total countable resources and then subtract the resource limit. The remainder will be used to determine the period of disqualification as explained in the following chart.

AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF THE RESOURCE LIMIT PERIOD OF DISQUALIFICATION $ 0 - $ 249.99 1 month 250 - 999.99 3 months 1,000 - 2,999.99 6 months 3,000 - 4,999.99 9 months 5,000 - and up 12 months

EXAMPLE: A 54-year-old woman made application for SNAP benefits as a one-person household. One week before she submitted the application, the woman transferred $3,000 from a bank account to a relative leaving a balance of $1,000 in the account. The household’s total countable resources are $1,000. The value of the transferred resources is $3,000. $1,000 countable resources + $3,000 amount of transfer = $4,000 $4,000 - $2,0250 resource limit = $1,750 The transfer will result in a six-month disqualification.