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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 9000 9300 Screening Applications 9400 Processing Standards

9324 Agency Conference SNAP Manual 10/01/97 Households disputing a county decision not to expedite a SNAP application will be offered an agency conference within two working days. The household may request the conference be scheduled at a later date. Households may orally decline an agency conference. The household will be advised that the agency conference is optional and will in no way delay or replace an administrative hearing. Even though the agency conference may lead to an informal resolution of the dispute, any requested hearing must be held unless the household makes a written withdrawal of its request. Agency conferences must be attended by a supervisor and by the household or its representative. The worker responsible for the decision to deny expedited service may attend the conference.

9325 Tracking Expedited Applications SNAP Manual 04/01/2022 An expedited application is one where the approval or denial is an initial application or an application for recertification received after the end of the household’s certification period but within 30 days of the last day of the household’s last month of certification. Dispositions of expedited applications are tracked within the eligibility system. The expedited indicators are code “Y” or code “L.” Code “Y” indicates the application was screened and identified as an expedited application when it was registered. Code “L” indicates the application was identified as an expedited application sometime later in the application process (see SNAP 9410). The date that the household was found to be entitled to expedited service is the late determination date (LDDATE). The processing time frame for late determinations is seven (7) days from the date the application was identified as an expedited application.

9400 Processing Standards

SNAP Manual 04/01/2022 SNAP benefits must be available to the expedited households by the seventh calendar day from the date of application or the late determination date. The seven-day period begins the day after the application is received in the county office and is continuous. This includes weekends