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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 8000 8900 Special Procedures at Initial Application 8000 Initial Application Process

8950 Quality Assurance Reviews on Applications Taken by SSA SNAP Manual 01/01/2021 Errors made by the Social Security Administration (SSA) during the application process will not be considered quality assurance errors. However, any under issuances of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits resulting from an error by SSA will be corrected through restoration. See SNAP 13300.

8960 Potentially Categorically Eligible Households SNAP Manual 05/01/2022 See SNAP 1920 for a definition of a categorically eligible household. Households in which all members have applied for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or in which at least one (1) member has applied for Transitional Employment Assistance (TEA) cash assistance are considered potentially categorically eligible. Potentially categorically eligible households entitled to expedited services as specified in SNAP 9200 will be processed as instructed in SNAP 9000 of this manual.

8961 Eligible Households SNAP Manual 01/01/2021 If a household that is potentially categorically eligible is also eligible based on all normal requirements, no special provisions will apply. When the application is approved, the approval notice will specify that the household must report to the county if the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Transitional Employment Assistance (TEA) case assistance application is approved.

8962 Ineligible Households SNAP Manual 01/01/2021 If a potentially categorically eligible household is ineligible based on residency, the Social Security number (SSN), resources, or income (gross or net) requirements, the application must be denied at the time ineligibility is determined. If the application is properly coded as a potentially categorically eligible household, the denial notice automatically generates to the household and will state that the household may be categorically eligible if the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Transitional Employment Assistance (TEA) application is approved.