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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 18000 18000 Procedures for Reducing, Suspending, or Cancelling Benefits 18300 Allotment Reduction

18300 Allotment Reduction

SNAP Manual 4/01/88 When an allotment reduction is mandated, FNS will designate the months during which the reduction will occur, the percentage of reduction and the allotments to be affected. The reduction for currently certified cases will be handled automatically. Revised tables will be issued to be used in certification activities. During any month in which a reduction is in effect, applications, change forms and monthly report forms will continue to be processed using the reduced maximum SNAP allotment. Unless otherwise ordered by FNS, one and two person households will continue to be issued a minimum monthly SNAP allotment of $10. The reduced maximum allotment will not be used to calculate benefits for restorations or retroactive benefits for a prior, unaffected month. The original maximum allotment in effect for the prior, unaffected month will be used to calculate restorations and/or retroactive benefits. This is true even if these benefits are actually issued during a month when a reduction is in effect. For example, an application is approved during a month when a reduction is in effect. The application period includes the month prior to the month of approval. The household is eligible for retroactive benefits for the month prior to the month of approval and so the household's retroactive benefits will be based on the maximum SNAP allotment before the reduction.