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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 15000 15700 Recoupment 15630 Collection Action on Intentional Program Violation Cases

15700 Recoupment

SNAP Manual 07/01/00 A household’s SNAP benefit amount may be reduced prior to issuance to recover an overpayment. Such action is called “recoupment”. A SNAP recoupment can only be applied to a SNAP overpayment. Recoupment will be initiated against each new overpayment claim processed by the Overpayment Unit if an adult member of the household, against which the claim was established, is currently certified for SNAP benefits. Recoupment will be initiated against the household in which the individual, in whose name the overpayment was reported and established, is included as a household member. Inadvertent household and administrative (agency) error claims will be recouped at the rate of ten percent (10%) of the household’s monthly benefit amount or ten dollars ($10.00) whichever is greater. Intentional program violation (IPV) claims will be recouped at the rate of twenty percent (20%) of the household’s monthly benefit amount or ten dollars ($20.00) whichever is greater One and two person households may not receive the minimum benefit amount of $10.00 specified in SNAP 8630 after recoupment is initiated.