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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 1000

1320 Addresses SNAP Manual 02/01/20 Each application must contain a complete and correct address. It is also essential that the county office know how to locate the household if a home visit, field investigation, or quality assurance review is to be conducted. Instructions about how to locate the home must be documented in the eligibility system. 1330 Verification of Residency SNAP Manual 02/01/20 Verification of residency will be obtained at initial application and thereafter when information regarding residency is incomplete, inaccurate, inconsistent or outdated. See the Glossary, definition of “Verification” for additional information. Verification may be waived when such verification cannot reasonably be accomplished. For example, verification may be waived when newly arrived households, migrant households, or homeless individuals apply. A home visit may be in order for such households. See the definition of “Verification” in the Glossary for an explanation of a home visit as a part of the application process. No specific source of verification of residency is mandated. Acceptable verification includes rent receipts, mortgage payment books, utility receipts, or a driver’s license if these documents contain the applicant’s current physical address. Current utility receipts or receipts for utility deposits are preferred. (These items may also serve as verification of identity or expenses.) If verification of residency cannot be established through these sources, collateral contacts or other readily available documentary evidence which reasonably establishes the household’s residency must be accepted. Failure or refusal to provide verification of residency will result in denial of the SNAP application for non-expedited households.