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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 12000 12400 Unclear Information 12410 Changes Reported by Other DCOPersonnel

HOUSEHOLD’S RESPONSE TO RFC COUNTY OFFICE RESPONSE The household responded to the first 10-day advance notice of adverse action and provided the needed information. Based on this information, the case must be closed. Send the household another 10-day advance notice of adverse action stating that the SNAP case will be closed because the household is currently ineligible to receive SNAP benefits and the reason for the ineligibility. For example, if the household’s income exceeds the income limits, the notice must explain this to the household. The household responded to the first 10-day advance notice of adverse action and provided the needed information. Based on this information, the household’s benefits must be reduced. Send the household another 10-day advance notice of adverse action stating that the household’s SNAP benefits will be reduced. The notice must specify the effective date of the reduction and the reason for the reduction. For example, if the household’s income increased, the notice must explain this to the household The following sections, SNAP 12410 through SNAP 12460, contain instructions for processing changes reported to the SNAP worker by someone other than a household member.

12410 Changes Reported by Other DCO Personnel SNAP MANUAL 10/01/03 Changes reported to Medicaid workers that become known to the SNAP worker will be processed within 10 days of the date the change became known. This applies to both occasional reporting and limited reporting households. If the change reported to the Medicaid worker is a change in medical expenses, the SNAP worker may not contact the household for additional verification of medical expenses. See SNAP 6526. When a member of a SNAP household enters a nursing home, this member is to be removed from the SNAP household. If this person was the only household member, the SNAP case will be closed. When a husband and wife have been receiving social security and/or SSI and only one of them enters a nursing home, there may be several adjustments in the couple’s SSI and/or social security checks. The SNAP case should be monitored closely for several months to determine the effect of these changes. If the effect of the changes cannot be determined, the worker will use the procedures in SNAP 12400 to clarify the household’s situation.