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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 15000 15400 Preparing the Overpayment 15210 Who Will Prepare the Overpayment

first month following the submission of the semi-annual report on which the change should have been reported. Step 2: Exclude Any Months More Than 72 Months (or 12 months for administrative errors) Prior to the Month in Which the Over issuance was Discovered Step 3: Determine the Household’s Correct SNAP Benefit Amount for Each Month of the Overpayment Period The household’s correct benefit amount will be calculated using the household’s exact income, resources, expenses, household composition, etc. for each month in the overpayment period. It may be necessary to calculate a different budget for each month in the overpayment period in order to capture variation in circumstances. Weekly and bi-weekly income and/or expenses will not be converted when a budget is calculated. See SNAP 7512-7740 for instructions on preparing a budget. If verification of the monthly income is not available, the best source of information may be used to prepare the overpayment. For example, the quarterly wages appearing on the wage match may be used to prepare an overpayment if the individual’s employment is verified, but verification of monthly wages cannot be obtained. Documentation of all verification obtained must appear in the case record. If actual monthly income cannot be established, documentation of all attempts to obtain verification of the actual monthly income must appear. The standards (e.g. - utility standard, standard deduction, earned income deduction) and issuance charts in effect during the overpayment period must be used to prepare the overpayment. If a standard changed during the overpayment period, the overpayment budgets must reflect this change. The tapes or forms used to prepare the overpayment budgets must be clearly labeled and must remain in the case record as documentation. Step 4: If Necessary, Complete a Second Series of Budgets with no Earned Income Deduction… …allowed on any earned income that a household failed to report timely. The overpayment budget will be prepared in the same manner as any other budget except that the earned income deduction will not be allowed for that portion of the earned income which the household failed to report.