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(b) Comparing the household's monthly income with the income eligibility standards;

(d) Determining the categorical eligibility of the remaining household members in accordance with Sections 63-301.7 and .82.

.46 Residents of Shelters for Battered Women

.461 A woman or woman with children who are temporary residents of a shelter for battered women and children may apply for food stamps directly or through an authorized representative as specified in Section 63-402.6.

.462 Shelter residents who were included in a certified household in the dwelling of the abuser and who recently fled to a shelter, shall receive a separate allotment only once a month while residing in the shelter, as specified in Section 63-402.6. In order to receive this allotment, eligible residents shall complete new applications and apply as separate households.

.463 Prior to certifying shelter residents, the CWD shall determine and document in the case file that the shelter for battered women and children meets the definition in Section 63-102 and document the basis of the determination.

.464 Eligible residents shall be certified solely on the basis of the income, resources and expenses for which they are responsible on the date of application and their resource level as of the date of their interview. The income, resources and expenses of their former households shall not be considered available to the residents and resources held jointly with member(s) of their former households shall be considered inaccessible, in accordance with Section 63-501.3(m).

.465 The CWD shall take prompt action to ensure that the former household's eligibility or allotment reflects a change in household composition, which may require contacting another CWD, if the resident is currently living in a shelter in another county.

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(a) If the CWD has sufficient information to determine that there has been a change in household composition in the resident's former household, prompt action shall be taken either to make a change in the former household's allotment or to terminate the former household, in accordance with Section 63-504.35, for monthly reporting households or Section 63-504.42 and .43, for nonmonthly reporting households.

(b) If the CWD has insufficient information regarding the change in household composition of the resident's former household the CWD shall take action, in accordance with Section 63-504.14.

.47 Residents of Drug/Alcoholic Treatment and Rehabilitation Programs

.471 Narcotic addicts or alcoholics who regularly participate in drug or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation programs on a resident basis may be eligible for food stamps, as specified in Section 63-402.4. These programs must provide meals to residents to qualify as eligible institutions. Residents of those programs that do not provide meals may apply as roomers, as provided in Section 63-402.21, and are not subject to the provisions of this section.

.472 A resident narcotic addict or alcoholic in a center providing meals, together with the resident's children staying in the center, shall have their eligibility determined as an individual household. The CWD shall certify residents of addict/alcoholic treatment centers by using the same provisions that apply to all other applicant households, except that certification must be accomplished through an authorized representative, as described in Section 63-402.62.

(a) Prior to certifying any residents for food stamps, the CWD shall verify that the treatment center is authorized by FNS as a retailer, or meets the eligibility criteria to receive funding under Part B of Title XIX of the Public Health Service Act (42 USC 300x et seq.) as shown by the possession of the appropriate State Department of Alcohol and Drug Program documents.

(1) Repealed by Manual Letter No. FS-91-04, effective 3/23/91.

(2) Repealed by Manual Letter No. FS-91-04, effective 3/23/91.

(b) FNS authorization is required for those centers redeeming coupons through wholesalers.

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.473 Each treatment and rehabilitation center shall provide the CWD with a list of currently participating residents. This list shall include a statement signed by a responsible center official attesting to the validity of the list. The CWD shall require the list on either a monthly or semimonthly basis. In addition, the CWD shall conduct periodic random onsite visits to the center to assure the accuracy of the listings and that the CWD's records are consistent and up to date.

(a) If the center refuses to supply the list of residents or refuses to allow the CWD access to the facility to verify the list, the CWD shall terminate the participation of all certified households in the center for refusal to cooperate. The households shall be sent a timely notice of action informing them of the termination.

(b) The households may reapply, once denied or terminated, but shall not be certified eligible until the center, as the household's authorized representative, cooperates.

.474 The following provisions apply to residents of treatment centers:

(a) When expedited processing standards, as described in Section 63-301.5, are necessary, eligibility for the initial application shall be processed on an expedited basis, and the CWD shall complete verification and documentation requirements prior to issuance of a second coupon allotment;

(b) When normal processing standards apply, the CWD shall complete the verification and documentation requirements prior to making an eligibility determination for the initial application;

(c) The CWD shall process changes in household circumstances and recertifications by using the same standards that apply to all other food stamp households; and

(d) Resident households have the same rights as other households to receive advance notice of CWD actions, request state hearings and receive restoration of lost benefits, except for those residing in an institution disqualified as an authorized retail food store.

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.475 The treatment center shall notify the CWD, as provided in Section 63-505.2, of changes in the household's income or other household circumstances and when the addict or alcoholic leaves the treatment center. The treatment center shall return a household's authorization document, access device or coupons received after the household has left the center.

.476 When the household leaves the center, the center shall provide the resident household with their county issued Food Stamp ID card, access device or any untransacted authorization documents. The household, not the center, shall be allowed to sign for and receive any authorized benefits remaining in a direct access issuance system. The departing household shall also receive its full allotment if already issued and if no coupons have been spent on behalf of that individual household. These procedures are applicable any time during the month. However, if the coupons have already been issued and any portion spent on behalf of the individual, and the household leaves the treatment and rehabilitation program prior to the 16th day of the month, the treatment center shall provide the household with one-half of its monthly coupon allotment. If the household leaves on or after the 16th day of the month and the coupons have already been issued and used, the household does not receive any coupons.

(a) Once the household leaves the treatment center, the center is no longer allowed to act as that household's authorized representative. The center shall, if possible, provide the household with a DFA 377.5 for nonmonthly reporting households, or a CA 7 for monthly reporting households in order for the household to report to the CWD their new address and other changes in circumstances after leaving the center. The center shall also advise the nonmonthly reporting household to return the DFA 377.5 to the appropriate CWD office within 10 days.

(b) The treatment center shall return to the CWD any coupons not provided to departing residents at the end of each month. These returned coupons shall include those not provided to departing residents because they left either prior to the 16th and the center was unable to provide the individual with the coupons or they left on or after the 16th of the month.

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.477 The institution shall be responsible for any intentional Program violation it knowingly commits in the certification of center residents. As an authorized representative, the institution shall be knowledgeable about household circumstances and should carefully review those circumstances with residents prior to applying on their behalf. The institution shall be strictly liable for all losses or misuse of food coupons held on behalf of resident households and for all overissuances which occur while the households are residents of the treatment center.

.478 The institution may be penalized or disqualified if it is determined administratively or judicially that coupons were misappropriated or used for purchases that did not contribute to a certified household's meals. (See Section 63-402.652 for provisions regarding the misrepresentation of household's circumstances by drug and alcohol treatment centers.) Procedures for taking action shall be as follows:

(a) For FNS - authorized institutions, the CWD shall promptly notify FNS when it has reason to believe that an institution is misusing coupons in its possession. However, the CWD shall take no action prior to FNS action against the institution.

(b) For institutions not FNS authorized, but certified by the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, the CWD shall take appropriate action, as specified in Sections 63-801, 63-803, 63-804, and 63-805. Those provisions of Sections 63-801, 63-803, 63-804, and 63-805 that apply to other food stamp households shall also apply, except to treatment centers being treated as the household.

.479 If FNS disqualifies an institution as an authorized retail food store, the CWD shall suspend its authorized representative status for the same time period. If the institution loses its authorization from FNS to accept and redeem coupons, or is no longer certified by the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, its residents are no longer eligible to participate. The residents shall receive adequate notice explaining the termination and when it will become effective, as specified in Section 63-504.267(c).

.48 Residents of group living arrangement who receive benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act.

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.481 Disabled or blind residents of a group living arrangement as defined in Section 63-102g., who receive benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act may voluntarily apply for the Food Stamp Program. If these residents apply through the use of the facility's authorized representative their eligibility shall be determined as one-person households. If the residents apply on their own behalf, household composition shall be determined as specified in Section 63-402.1. The CWD shall certify these residents using the same provisions that apply to all other households.

(a) Prior to certifying any residents for food stamps, the CWD shall verify that the group living arrangement is authorized by FNS as a retail food store, as defined in Section 63-102r., or is licensed by CDSS as a group home, and is either a public or private, nonprofit residential setting.

(b) Any Title XVI (SSI/SSP) recipients residing in group living arrangements are ineligible for food stamps.

(c) The CWD shall verify that a group living arrangement is authorized by FNS either by observing the FNS-254, FSP Authorization, or by confirming the authorization with an FNS field office.

(d) The CWD shall verify that a group living arrangement is licensed by observing the arrangement's current CDSS license.

.482 Each group living arrangement shall provide the CWD with a list of currently participating residents. This list shall include a statement signed by a responsible center official attesting to the validity of the list. The CWD shall require the list either on a quarterly basis or more frequently if the turnover of residents is rapid enough to warrant more frequent review. In addition, the CWD shall conduct periodic random on-site visits to assure the accuracy of the list. If, at the time of the on-site visit, the CWD's participation records of the residents in the group living arrangement are not consistent with the listings, the visit will be used to update the CWD's participation records.

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.483 The same provisions applicable to residents of treatment centers in Section 63-503.473, also apply to blind or disabled residents of group living arrangements who receive benefits under Title II or Title XVI of the Social Security Act when the facility acts as the resident's authorized representative.

.484 If the resident has made application on his/her own behalf, the household is responsible for reporting changes to the CWD as provided in Section 63-505.22. If the group living arrangement is acting in the capacity of an authorized representative, the group living arrangement shall notify the CWD, as provided in Section 63-505.22, of changes in the household's income or other household circumstances and when the individual leaves the group living arrangement. The group living arrangement shall return any household's authorization document, access device, or coupons to the CWD is they are received after the household has left the group living arrangement.

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.485 When the household leaves the facility, the group living arrangement either acting as an authorized representative or retaining the use of coupons on behalf of the residents, regardless of the method of application, shall provide residents with their CWD issued Food Stamp ID card, access device and any untransacted authorization documents. Also, the departing household shall receive its full allotment if issued by direct mail and if no coupons have been spent on behalf of that individual household. These procedures are applicable any time during the month.

(a) If the coupons have already been issued and any portion spent on behalf of the individual, and the household leaves the group living arrangement prior to the 16th day of the month, the group living arrangement shall provide the household with its CWD issued Food Stamp ID card and one-half of its monthly coupon allotment.

(1) If the household leaves after the 16th of the month and the coupons have already been issued and used, the household does not receive any coupons.

(2) If a group of residents have been certified as one household and have returned coupons to the facility to use, the departing residents shall be given a pro-rata share of one-half of the household's monthly allotment if leaving prior to the 16th day of the month.

(b) Once the resident leaves, the group living arrangement may no longer act as his/her authorized representative.

(1) For nonmonthly reporting households, the group living arrangement shall, if possible, provide the household with a DFA 377.5 to report to the CWD the individual's new address and other changes in circumstances after leaving the group living arrangement and shall advise the household to return the form to the CWD within 10 days.

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(2) For monthly reporting households, the group living arrangement, if possible, shall provide the household with a CA 7, and instruction on completing it. However, the household is responsible for reporting the changes in household circumstances to the CWD.

(c) If a resident or a group of residents apply on their own behalf and if they retain use of their own coupons, these individuals are entitled to keep the coupons when they leave. If a group of residents have applied as one household, a pro rata share of the remaining coupons shall be provided to any departing member.

(1) For nonmonthly reporting households, the group living arrangement shall, if possible, provide the household with a DFA 377.5 to report to the CWD the individual's new address and other changes in circumstances after leaving the group living arrangement and shall advise the household to return the form to the CWD within 10 days.

(2) For monthly reporting households, the group living arrangement, if possible, shall provide the household with a CA 7, and instruction on completing it. However, the household is responsible for reporting the changes in household circumstances to the CWD.

(d) The group living arrangement shall return to the CWD any coupons it was unable to return to departing residents.

.486 The provisions of Section 63-503.476 shall also apply to all group living arrangements.

.49 Households with Sponsored Noncitizens

The income and resources of a sponsor and the sponsor’s spouse (if he or she has executed an INS Form I-864 or I-864A), shall be deemed to be the unearned income and resources of an eligible sponsored noncitizen and shall be considered in determining the eligibility and/or benefit level of the household of which the sponsored noncitizen is a member.

.491 The sponsored noncitizen is subject to the sponsorship provisions until the sponsored noncitizen:

(a) achieves United States citizenship through naturalization; or

(b) has 40 qualifying quarters as specified in Section 63-405.4; or

(c) leaves the United States permanently; or

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(d) dies.

(1) The sponsor’s support obligation also terminates when the sponsor dies.

.492 The following noncitizens are exempt from provisions for sponsored noncitizens:

(a) A noncitizen who is participating in the Food Stamp Program as a member of his/her sponsor's household or a noncitizen whose sponsor is participating separate and apart from the noncitizen;

(b) A noncitizen who is sponsored by an organization or group as opposed to an individual;

(c) A noncitizen who is not required to have a sponsor under the Immigration and Nationality Act, such as, but not limited to, a refugee, a parolee, one granted asylum, and/or a Cuban or Haitian entrant.

(d) An indigent noncitizen as determined to have income that does not exceed 130 percent of the poverty guideline for the household size.

(1) If a determination is made by the CWD that an indigent sponsored noncitizen’s income as described in Sections 63-102(1)(11) and 63-503.492(d) does not exceed 130 percent of the poverty guideline for the household size, deemed income and resources from the sponsor or the sponsor’s spouse is not attributed to the sponsored noncitizen.

(A) In these cases, the amount of income and resources of the sponsored noncitizen plus any income and resources the sponsor and/or the sponsor’s spouse and/or others actually give to the sponsored noncitizen shall be considered the income and resources of the sponsored noncitizen.

(B) This exception applies for a period beginning on the date of such indegency determination and ending 12 months from that date. The 12-month exception period is renewable for additional 12-month periods.

(C) The CWD must notify the Attorney General at least annually of each indigency determination, including the names of the sponsor and the sponsored noncitizen involved.

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(D) The CWD must inform the sponsored noncitizen either orally or in writing, of the requirement to notify the Attorney General of the indigent determination. The sponsor shall also be notified if administratively possible.

(e) A battered noncitizen as specified in Section 63-405.5.

(1) The battered noncitizen is exempt from sponsorship requirements for 12 months after the CWD has determined there is a substantial connection between the abuse/battery and the need for benefits as specified in Section 63-405.55 and the battered individual does not live with the batterer.

(2) After 12 months, the batterer’s income and resources will not be deemed if the battery is recognized by a court or the INS and has a substantial connection to the need for benefits and the noncitizen does not live with the batterer.

(f) Noncitizen children as specified in Section 63-405.133.

.493 Eligibility and Benefit Level

(a) Income

(1) Income deemed available to the noncitizen is determined as follows:

(A) Take the total monthly earned and unearned income of the sponsor and the sponsor's spouse if the spouse has also executed an I-864 or I-864A at the time the household containing the sponsored noncitizen applies or is recertified.

(i) For the portion of income determined to be earned income of the sponsor and the sponsor's spouse, deduct 20 percent and

(ii) Deduct the food stamp monthly gross income eligibility limit for a household equal in size to the sponsor’s household, i.e. the sponsor, the sponsor’s spouse and any other person who is claimed or could be claimed by the sponsor, or the sponsor’s spouse as a dependent for federal income tax purposes.

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(B) If the noncitizen has already reported gross income information on his/her sponsor, due to Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) sponsored noncitizen rules, that income amount may be used for Food Stamp Program deeming purposes. However, allowable deductions to be applied to the total gross income of the sponsor and the sponsor’s spouse, prior to attributing an income deduction to the noncitizen, shall be limited to the earned income amount and the Food Stamp Program gross monthly income amount stated above.

(2) Direct cash payment to the noncitizen by the sponsor or the sponsor’s spouse shall not be considered as income to the noncitizen unless the amount paid exceeds the amount of the sponsor’s income deemed available to the noncitizen. Only the portion of the amount paid that actually exceeds the deemed amount would be considered income to the noncitizen in addition to the deemed income amount.

(b) Resources

(1) Resources of the sponsor and sponsor’s spouse as determined by Section 63-501 deemed to be that of the noncitizen shall be the total amount of their resources reduced by $1,500.

(c) Treatment of Income and Resources of More Than One Sponsored Noncitizen

If a sponsored noncitizen can demonstrate to the CWD that his/her sponsor sponsors other noncitizens, then the income and resources deemed under this section shall be divided by the number of such noncitizens that apply for, or are participating in the Food Stamp Program.

If such information about other aliens for whom the sponsor is responsible is not provided to the CWD, the deemed income and resource amounts calculated shall be attributed to the applicant alien in their entirety until such time as the information is provided.

(d) Changing Sponsors

If the noncitizen changes sponsors during the certification period, then deemed income/resources shall be recalculated based on the required information of the new sponsor. See Section 63-403.33. The reported change would be handled in accordance with the time frames and procedures in Sections 63-504.3 and .4 as appropriate.

(e) Repealed by CDSS Manual Letter No. FS-01-02, effective 6/1/01.

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.494 Awaiting Verification

(a) While the CWD is awaiting receipt and/or verification from the noncitizen of information necessary to carry out the provisions of Section 63-503.49, the sponsored noncitizen shall be ineligible to participate until all necessary facts are obtained. In determining the eligibility and/or benefit level of the remaining household members, the income and resources of the ineligible noncitizen (excluding the attributed income and resources of the noncitizen's sponsor and sponsor's spouse) shall be handled in accordance with Section 63-503.44.

(b) If the sponsored alien refuses to cooperate in providing and/or verifying needed information, other adult members of the alien's household shall be responsible for providing and/or verifying information required in accordance with Section 63-505.1. If the information or verification is subsequently received, the CWD shall act on the information as a reported change in household membership in accordance with the timeliness standards in Sections 63-504.3 and .4. If the same sponsor is responsible for the entire household, the entire household is ineligible until such time as needed sponsor information is provided and/or verified.

.5 Section 63-503.5(QR) shall become operative in a county on the date QR/PB becomes effective in that county, pursuant to the Director's QR/PB Declaration.

(QR) Nonexcluded scholarship, deferred educational loans and educational grant income received less often than monthly for both change reporting and QR households shall be averaged, after exclusions, over the period it is intended to cover.

.6 Section 63-503.6(QR) shall become operative in a county on the date QR/PB becomes effective in that county, pursuant to the Director's QR/PB Declaration.

(QR) Contract income received by change reporting and QR households that derive their annual income in a period of time shorter than one year shall be averaged over the period it is intended to cover, provided the income from the contract is not earned on an hourly or piece-work basis.

.7 Failure to Comply with Another Assistance Program’s Requirements

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.71 The CWD shall not increase food stamp benefits when the household’s benefits from another federal, state or local welfare or public assistance program have been reduced due to failure to comply with a requirement of that program. The provision does not apply when a food stamp household member who fails to comply is subject to a food stamp work sanction imposed pursuant to Section 63-407.541. The following conditions apply:

.711 The welfare or public assistance program must be: “Means-tested”, as defined in Section 63-502.171; governed by welfare or public assistance laws or regulations; and distribute public funds.

.712 Food stamp benefits shall be adjusted when eligible members are added to the food stamp household regardless of whether the household is prohibited from receiving benefits for the additional member under another federal, state or local welfare or public assistance means-tested program.

.713 Changes in household circumstances which are not related to failure to comply with another federal, state or local welfare or public assistance means-tested program shall not be affected by this provision.

.714 The CWD shall calculate food stamp benefits using the benefit amount that would have been issued if no penalty had been imposed.

.72 The CWD shall identify that portion of the reduction in the other welfare or public assistance program’s benefits due to failure to comply with a requirement of that program.

.721 The CWD shall calculate food stamp benefits using the benefit amount that would have been issued if no reduction due to failure to comply had been imposed.

.8 Homeless Food Stamp Households

Homeless food stamp households shall be permitted to use their food stamp benefits to purchase prepared meals from meal providers for the homeless which have been authorized by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to accept food stamp coupons.

.9 Section 63-503.9(MR) shall become inoperative and Section 63-503.9(QR) shall become operative in a county on the date QR/PB becomes effective in that county, pursuant to the Director's QR/PB Declaration.

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(MR) Certified Monthly Reporting Households Applying for Aid in a New County

(QR) Households Losing County Residence

.91 Section 63-503.91(MR) shall become inoperative and Section 63-503.91(QR) shall become operative in a county on the date QR/PB becomes effective in that county, pursuant to the Director's QR/PB Declaration.

(MR) The applications of households which were certified for Food Stamp Program participation in one county or state and which move to another county or this state and apply for benefits without at least a one-month break in certification, shall be treated as initial applications, except they shall continue to be retrospectively budgeted, as specified in Section 63-504.711. Households which have requested and are entitled to expedited service shall have their benefits available in accordance with Section 63-301.531(b).

(QR) The applications of change reporting food stamp households which were certified for Food Stamp Program participation in one county and which move to another county and apply for benefits, shall be treated as initial applications. Households which have requested and are entitled to expedited service shall have their benefits available in accordance with Section 63301.531(b).

.911 Section 63-503.911(MR) shall become inoperative and Sections 63-503.911(a) and (b)(QR) shall become operative in a county on the date QR/PB becomes effective in that county, pursuant to the Director's QR/PB Declaration.

(MR) Households which were subject to retrospective budgeting in the previous county or state shall continue to be retrospectively budgeted, unless the household is now excluded, as specified in Section 63-505.21.

(QR) (a) For households that are subject to QR/PB and move out of state, benefit shall be terminated mid-quarter.

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(QR) (b) For QR/PB households that move out of county, the CWD shall continue to follow existing rules which require the recipient to be discontinued from the former county of residence and reapply in the new county, except when there is a companion CalWORKs case that is being transferred, the former county will continue to provide benefits until the end of the month in which the CalWORKs case is transferred from the former county in accordance with Section 63-509(c)(2). The new county shall assign a new QR reporting cycle to the household.

.912 The CWD shall assist all households, as specified in Sections 63-103.21(i)(8) and 63-300.55, in obtaining any missing verification which the household had provided to the county or state in which the household was previously certified.

NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 10553, 10554, 10604, 11265.1, .2 and .3, 11369, 18901.3, 18904, and 18910, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 10554, 11265.1, .2, and .3, 18901.3, 18904, and 18910, Welfare and Institutions Code; 7 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 271.2; 7 CFR 272.3(c)(1)(ii); 7 CFR 273.1(b)(2)(iii), (c)(3)(i), (ii) and (e)(1)(i) as published in the Federal Register, Volume 59, No. 110 on June 9, 1994; 7 CFR 273.2(j)(4); 7 CFR 273.4(c)(2), (c)(2)(i), (c)(2)(i)(A), (c)(2)(iv), (c)(2)(v), (c)(3)(v), and (e)(1) and (2); 7 CFR 273.9(b)(1)(ii), (b)(2)(ii), and (d)(6)(iii)(F); 7 CFR 273.10; 7 CFR 273.10(a)(1)(iii)(B); 7 CFR 273.10(c)(2)(iii), (c)(3)(ii), proposed amended 7 CFR 273.10(d) as published in the Federal Register, Vol. 59, No. 235 on December 8, 1994; (d)(1)(i), (d)(2), (d)(3), (d)(4), and proposed (d)(8) as published in the Federal Register, Vol. 59, No. 235 on December 8, 1994, and proposed amended 7 CFR 273.10(e)(1)(i)(E-H) as published in the Federal Register, Vol. 59, No. 235 on December 8, 1994; 7 CFR 273.11(a)(1)(i) through (iii), (a)(2)(i), (b)(1), (b)(1)(i) and (ii), (c), (c)(1), (c)(2), (c)(2)(iii), (c)(3)(ii), (d)(1), and (e)(1); 7 CFR 273.12(a)(1)(i)(A), (a)(1)(i)(B), (a)(1)(i)(C)(2), and (c)(3)(iv); 7 CFR 273.21(f)(2)(ii), (iii), (iv), and (v), (g)(3), (j)(1)(vii)(B), and (S); 7 CFR 273.24(b)(4); (Court Order re Final Partial Settlement Agreement in Jones v. Yeutter (C.D. Cal. Feb. 1, 1990) [Dock No. CV-89-0768]; Waiver Letter WFS-100:FS-10-6-CA, dated October 2, 1990, U.S.D.A., Food and Consumer Services; Administrative Notice No. 89-12, No. 92-23, dated February 20, 1992, No. 94-39, and No. 94-65; Public Law (P.L.) 100-435, Section 351, and P.L. 101-624, Section 1717; [7 United States Code (U.S.C.) 2012, 2014(d)(6), (e), and 2017(c)(2)(B)]; 7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(1); 8 U.S.C. 1631, P.L. 104-193, Sections 115, 815, 821, 827 and 829 (Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996); Federal Food Stamp Policy Memos 82-9 dated December 8, 1981, and 88-4 dated November 13, 1987, Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 229, dated November 28, 2001, USDA FNS AN 03-23, dated May 1, 2003; Food and Nutrition Service Quarterly Reporting/Prospective Budgeting waiver approval dated April 1, 2003; and the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-171).

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