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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 11000 11300 Reporting Requirements 11350 Occasional Reporters

Two (2) different categories of households are subject to the limited reporting requirements: households certified for four (4) months and households certified for six (6) months. See SNAP 11341-11342. At initial application, recertification, and when households become subject to limited reporting, eligibility workers must tell households what is required as a limited reporting household. A publication explaining the household’s reporting requirements will be mailed.

11341 Households Certified for Four Months SNAP MANUAL 05/01/2022 The following households may be assigned a four (4) month certification period. See SNAP 8710: • Certain homeless households • Able-bodied adults • Households with members who are on strike • Certain self-employed households • Migrant and seasonal farmworker households who expect to remain in the state Households assigned a four (4) month certification period have no additional reporting requirements. All changes in the household’s circumstances must be reported at the household’s next certification or recertification. Changes reported before the household’s next recertification will be processed according to the standards in SNAP 11410. Any action taken in a Transitional Employment Assistance (TEA), or Medicaid case must also be reflected in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) case. This includes changes reported to a TEA or Medicaid worker under that program’s rules.

11342 Households Certified for Six Months SNAP MANUAL 09/01/2022 In addition to the reporting requirements in SNAP 11300, households certified for six (6) months, as defined in SNAP 11100, must report and verify earned income when the recertification form is submitted.