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

18700 Restoration of Reduced, Cancelled or Suspended Allotments

SNAP Manual 4/01/88 Suspended benefits will be issued to eligible households at the conclusion of the period of suspension. Upon being notified by FNS that a suspension of benefits is over, the state must act immediately to resume issuing SNAP to eligible households. Households whose SNAP allotments are reduced or cancelled as a result of the enactment of these procedures are not automatically entitled to a restoration of the benefits which were lost. However, FNS may determine that all or part of these benefits may be restored if a surplus of funds occurs at a later time.

18800 Fair Hearings

SNAP Manual 4/01/88 Any household that has its allotment reduced, suspended, or cancelled may request a fair hearing if it disagrees with the action. If a request for a Fair Hearing disputes only the fact that the reduction, suspension, or cancellation was ordered, the request may be denied by the Fair Hearing Section. A hearing must be held when the household believes that its SNAP allotment was computed incorrectly under the reduction procedures or that the rules for implementing the reduction, cancellation and/or suspension were misapplied or misinterpreted. During a period of reduction, cancellation or suspension, the household does not have a right to continuation of benefits pending the Fair Hearing decision. 18700 Restoration of Reduced, Cancelled or Suspended Allotments