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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 15000 15400 Preparing the Overpayment 15402 Households That Remain Workfare Eligible

15402 Households That Remain Workfare Eligible SNAP Manual 07/01/00 If a household was overissued benefits while participating in workfare and remains eligible for participation in workfare, the county office worker must take the following steps: Step 1: Establish a claim for the entire amount of over issuance. Step 2: Give credit to the household for all extra hours of work performed during month of over issuance. Apply these hours to future work obligations. Step 3: Determine the number of hours a participant has actually worked by contacting the workfare sponsor. Step 4: Notify the workfare sponsor via DCO-209 of the household’s entitlement. Step 5: Complete a DHS-199, Benefit Over issuance Report. If the household did not remain workfare eligible, see SNAP 15403.

15403 Households That Do Not Remain Workfare Eligible SNAP Manual 07/01/00 If a household was participating in Workfare at the time of the overissue but is not longer participating in workfare, a different procedure will be used. This procedure is outlined below. Step 1: Determine the household’s correct SNAP benefit amount for each month of the overpayment period. Use SNAP 15400. Enter the corrected benefit amount on the DHS-199. Step 2: Determine the household’s correct obligation by dividing the household’s correct monthly benefit amount by the current federal minimum wage. For workfare households, see SNAP 3730 for the maximum obligation. Step 3: Determine the number of hours actually participated. The workfare sponsor must furnish this information. Step 4: Subtract the household’s corrected obligation from the number of hours the household actually worked if additional hours were worked due to the overissuances. The result will be the extra hours worked.