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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 16000 16500 The Administrative Hearing Process 16520 Scheduling the Hearing
When a semi-annual reporting household’s benefits are being continued, the household must continue to submit a semi-annual report form. Except for the factor or factors upon which the appeal was based, the county will adjust the household’s benefits during the continuation period to take into account reported changes.
16520 Scheduling the Hearing SNAP Manual 12/01/00 Upon receipt of the administrative hearing file, the Office of Appeals and Hearings will schedule a time and place for the hearing. The time, date, and place of the hearing will be arranged so that the hearing is accessible to the household. A telephonic hearing will be scheduled unless the household requests a face-to-face interview. Telephonic hearings will be conducted through a conference call involving the hearing official, the household, and county office personnel. All participants except the hearing officer may be in the same location. A telephonic hearing may not be utilized unless the household agrees to the arrangement. A face-to-face hearing will be held when requested by the household.
16521 Expedited Hearings SNAP Manual 12/01/00 The Office of Appeals and Hearings will expedite hearing requests from households such as migrant farm workers that plan to move from the jurisdiction of the hearing official before the hearing decision would normally be reached. Hearing requests from such households will be processed faster than others will if necessary for the household to receive a decision and (if the decision so indicates) restoration of benefits before they leave the area.
16522 Group Hearings SNAP Manual 12/01/00 In the interest of providing timely services to all households, the Office of Appeals and Hearings may respond to a series of individual requests for hearings by conducting a single group hearing. A group hearing may be conducted if related issues of state and/or federal law, regulation or policies are the sole issues being raised and individual issues of fact are not disputed.