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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 11000 11400 Special Instructions – Occasional Reporters 11450 Special Situations/Exemptions from Notices

Other increases in SNAP benefit amounts must be reflected in the first regularly scheduled extract of SNAP benefits occurring after the allowed processing period. Unless the reported change meets all the criteria listed in SNAP 11440, a decrease in benefits or a case closure must be effective no later than the month following the month in which the household’s notice of adverse action expires. When the household is exempt from the notice of adverse action, the decrease or closure will be effective no later than the month following the month when the change was processed.

11430 Shortening the Certification Period SNAP MANUAL 09/01/2022 Eligibility workers may not shorten the certification periods of households that are participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP unless the household is ineligible, with one (1) exception. An ESAP household’s certification period may be shortened when the household is no longer eligible for a thirty-six-month certification period. However, before a certification period can be shortened, an advance notice of adverse action must be issued to the household. The Notice of Expiration cannot be used to notify households of the change in certification period even when the household will be recertified. See SNAP 11660.

11440 Notices to Occasional Reporters SNAP MANUAL 05/01/2022 If the household’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit amount will not change, the household will be notified via a manually issued Notice of Action. When the SNAP benefit amount decreases or the case closes as a result of a reported change, an advance notice of adverse action must be issued, unless the report meets all the following conditions: • The information was reported in writing via a Change Report Form, or a letter signed by the head of household, spouse, or another responsible household member.