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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 9000 9100 Expedited Case Actions – Summary 9200 Households Entitled to Expedited Service 9100 Expedited Case Actions – Summary SNAP Manual 10/01/97 Certain eligible households are entitled to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits within seven calendar days of application. Households entitled to expedited service are identified through a screening process. The following section of policy identifies the households entitled to expedited service and describes the procedures under which applications from these households are processed. 9200 Households Entitled to Expedited Service SNAP Manual 04/01/2022 The following households are entitled to expedited service: 1. All households with one hundred dollars ($100) or less in countable liquid resources (i.e., cash on hand, checking or savings accounts, savings certificates, and lump sum payments) and less than one hundred and fifty ($150) in gross monthly income; 2. Eligible households whose total combined gross monthly income and liquid resources are less than the amount incurred by the household for its utilities and rent or mortgage payment; or 3. Destitute households with one hundred dollars ($100) or less in countable liquid resources (i.e., cash on hand, checking or savings accounts, savings certificates, and lump sum payments). Only households that contain migrant or seasonal farm-worker members in the job stream may be considered destitute (See SNAP 9600 for a full explanation). Sometimes a household disqualified for failure to cooperate with a quality assurance (QA) reviewer will reapply and be entitled to expedited service. Any such household reapplying within ninety-five (95) days of the end of the QA annual review period must cooperate with the QA reviewer prior to certification. Any such household, reapplying more than ninety-five (95) days after the end of the annual QA review period, has to provide verification of all eligibility requirements before certification. However, if the household is entitled to expedited service, only identity must be verified before