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

12110.3 Determining the Benefit Amount SNAP MANUAL 10/01/03 Whenever a TEA or SSI reduction in benefits, case closure or suspension of benefits is reported to the DCO county worker, the worker must determine if the reduction was due to an intentional failure to comply with a program requirement. If so, the household’s SNAP benefits will not be increased as a result. See SNAP 12110 for additional information on getting information about adverse changes to SSI benefits. If the amount equal to the reduction in TEA or SSI benefits must continue to be counted in the SNAP budget, this amount will be calculated by subtracting the amount of the TEA or SSI payment immediately after the sanction from the amount of the TEA or SSI payment immediately before the sanction. After this calculation, the amount attributed to the sanction will not change. This amount (the amount attributed to the sanction) will be shown in the SNAP budget for the duration of the sanction period regardless of subsequent changes to the TEA or SSI payment and/or the SNAP budget. To avoid system mismatches, the current amount of TEA Cash Assistance will be shown in the budget as the TEA income. TEA or SSI amounts attributed to a sanction will be shown as “Other” income. Changes in the household’s circumstances unrelated to the sanction must be reflected in the SNAP budget. This includes changes in the assistance payment not related to a sanction. When TEA or SSI payments are suspended or a case is closed due to an intentional failure to comply with a program requirement, the payment the household was authorized to receive immediately prior to case closure/suspension will continue to be counted in the SNAP budget as other income If a TEA or SSI sanction is expected to end before the household’s current certification period expires, the case must be adjusted to reflect this change. 12110.4 Documentation SNAP MANUAL 09/01/99 The following documentation is required when a household’s SNAP benefits remain the same after a reduction in TEA or SSI benefits due to an intentional failure to comply with a program requirement: • The source of income (TEA or SSI) which has been reduced, suspended or terminated; • The reason for the reduction, suspension ortermination;