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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 12000 12200 Changes Reported by the Household 12242 Actions to Take to Change Income

Reported Change Required Action Loss of a job. Determine if the member who lost a job should be registered for work. If yes, see SNAP 3310. Reduction in hours. Determine if the member whose hours were reduced is working less than 30 hours or making less than the federal minimum wage X 30 hours. • If yes, determine if member is exempt from work registration. • If no, See SNAP 3401. Obtained employment for more than 30 hours per week; or Obtained employment with wages equal to or more than federal minimum wage X 30 hours; or Began receiving a disability benefit – e.g., SSI – no longer subject to work registration. Determine if affected member was subject to work registration. • If yes, change work registration status. • If E&T participant, notify E&T Worker via DCO-205. • If Workfare participant, see SNAP 3831. An entitlement check based on disability was terminated. Determine if affected member will not be subject to work registration. (The household may wish to furnish verification the member is unable to work.) See SNAP 3310. 12242 Actions to Take to Change Income SNAP MANUAL 09/01/99 At the time of a reported change, income will be budgeted prospectively. A prospective budget must anticipate the household’s income for the remainder of the certification period. Or, in the case of quarterly reporting households, the prospective budget must anticipate the household’s income for the upcoming quarter. See SNAP 7512 - 7524.1 for a full explanation of prospective budgeting and anticipating income.

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