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SNAPCERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 12000 12100 Processing Reported Changes – Summary 12110 Intentional Failure to Comply With a Program Requirement

limited to, receipt of additional income, SSA need not be contacted for information about the reason for the change. EXAMPLE: An SSI check is reduced. The reason for the reduction is unknown. The worker cannot get any information from SSA to confirm that the reduction is due to an intentional failure to comply with an SSI Program requirement. The new, reduced SSI amount will be shown in the SNAP budget. All efforts to obtain information from SSA must be documented in the case record. The prohibition against increasing the household’s SNAP benefits will follow the individual who intentionally failed to comply with a TEA or SSI requirement. If this person leaves the household, the prohibition against increasing benefits will end. If this person joins another household before the sanction is ended, the prohibition will apply to the new household. If imposition of a sanction for intentional failure to comply is delayed by the program in which the failure occurred, the household’s SNAP benefits will not be affected. When the sanction is imposed by the other program, the prohibition against increasing the SNAP benefits will also begin. 12110.1 When the Provision Will Not Apply SNAP MANUAL 09/01/99 This provision will not apply: • When TEA recipients are not allowed to add newborn children to an existing TEA Cash Assistance grant. o These children may be added to the SNAP case even if they are prohibited from receiving TEA. • When there is a reduction, termination or suspension in benefits paid under the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Program regardless of the reason for the reduction. • When the agency that administers the other program will not cooperate in providing the necessary information. 12110.2 Sanctions for Failure to Comply with TEA Requirements SNAP MANUAL 10/01/03 The Arkansas Transitional Employment Assistance (TEA) Program is a means-tested State public assistance program. Therefore, the provisions in SNAP 12110 apply to any intentional failure to comply with the TEA Program including failure to comply with the TEA Program work activities.