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FOOD STAMP HANDBOOK 83-1230 (Cont). FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS

Handbook

63-1230 STATE FORMS & INSTRUCTIONS (Continued) 63-1230

DFA 377.1 (12/83)

- if the household applied after the fifteenth of the month, and if expedited service was provided and verification. was postponed, check the box and list the information the household must provide. Enter the date by which the household must provide the information (30 days from the date the application was filed except for migrants who need out-of-state verification and who are allowed 60 days from the date of application), and enter the month for which benefits will not be issued if the verification is not provided.

if the household does not provide the requested information by the specified date, no further notice is required to terminate the household's participation. |f the household provides the information and it results in a change in eligibility or benefits, a notice of change must be issued by no later than the date the benefits are issued or in place of the benefits.

Hf the household subsequently receives cash aid, and food stamp benefits are reduced or terminated, no additional notice is required.

Pending

Check the Pending box when an initial application or untimely application for recertification has

not been processed in accordance with application processing standards as a result of either the county’s or the applicant’s fault.

lf the household must take some action to complete the application process, check the box provided for this purpose, enter the required action and enter the date by which the action must be taken.

if the household fails to provide the requested information by the specified date, no further Notice is required to deny the application.

Denial

Check the Denial box when an application has been denied and enter the reason(s} for the denial,

lf the county has elected the option of denying all applications not processed at the end of the 30-day application Processing period due to the household's fault, the first box in the Denial Section is used for this purpose. In such cases, check the box, enter the date by which action must be taken to reopen the application and enter the action which must be taken.

Check the second box in the Denial Section if the application was denied because the primary wage earner voluntarily quit a job without good cause, the household transferred resources in order to become eligible for food stamp benefits, or a one-person household refused to provide an SSN. Enter the date which is the end of the disqualification period. (For an SSN disqualification, the individual is disqualified until an SSN is provided.)

NOTE: Do not use the DFA 377.1 for households disqualitied for refusal to work register, The DFA 377.10 is used for this purpose,

Rev. 1381 replaces . CALFORNIA-DSS:MANUALSS Ore ste etecivn 2/16/84