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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 10000 10700 Processing Standards - Untimely Applications for Recertification

classified as an untimely application. The eligibility worker must determine fault for the delay in processing at the end of the thirty (30) day application processing period. If the application is approved and the county office was at fault for the delay in processing, benefits for the first month of the new certification period will not be prorated. If the household was at fault for the delay in processing, benefits will be prorated to the date the household supplied the needed information or otherwise complied with the program requirement.

10711 Reinstatement of Untimely Filed Applications SNAP MANUAL 01/01/2021 If the household does not complete the application process, the application will be denied. However, if the household takes the actions needed to complete the application process within sixty (60) days of the date the untimely recertification form was filed, the application will be reinstated. If an application is denied and is later reinstated, but the household was unable to participate in the first month of its new certification period due to an agency-caused delay in processing, restored benefits must be provided to the household for that month. 10711 Reinstatement of Untimely Filed Applications