Special Provisions for Expedite Service

A. Households requesting, but not entitled to, expedited service shall have their applications processed according to normal processing standards. B. The local office shall use the following procedures for expediting service: 1. Prior to certification, the identity of the applicant shall be verified. 2. Prior to certification of expedited benefits, all reasonable efforts shall be made to verify residency, income, or lack thereof, and other factors of eligibility. However, verification shall be postponed if it cannot be obtained in sufficient time to meet the expedited processing standards. If verification is postponed, the household shall be certified for expedited benefits, if determined eligible, for the month of application or, for those households applying after the fifteenth (15th) of the month, the month of application and the subsequent month. a. Except for migrant households applying after the fifteenth (15th) of a month, when a household is certified for expedited benefits for an initial month of application and the subsequent month and verification is postponed, a request for verification form shall be annotated to indicate what verification is required in order for further benefits to be issued. b. When households that apply for benefits on or before the fifteenth (15th) of the month provide the required postponed verification, the local office shall issue the second month's benefits within five working days from receipt of the verification or the first of the second month, whichever is later. Households that apply after the fifteenth (15th) of the month and provide the postponed verification shall be issued the third month's benefits within five working days from receipt of verification, or the first of the third month, whichever is later. Except for migrant households needing out-of-state verification, when the postponed verification is not completed within thirty (30) calendar days from the date of application, the local office shall terminate the household's participation on the thirtieth (30th) calendar day without providing a notice of adverse action. c. Migrants shall be entitled to a postponement of out-of-state verification only once each season. If a migrant household requesting expedited service has already received this exception during the current season, the local office shall grant a postponement of out-of-state verification only for the initial month's issuance and not for the second (2nd) month's issuance. Migrant households eligible for expedited service and applying after the fifteenth (15th) of a month which are assigned certification periods of longer than one month shall be issued a request for verification notifying them that they shall provide postponed verification from sources within the state before a second month's benefits are issued and shall provide all verification from out-of-state sources before being issued benefits for the third month. The notice shall also advise the household that if verification results in changes in the household's eligibility or level of benefits, such changes shall be acted on without providing an advance notice of adverse action. C. There is no limit to the number of times a household can be certified under expedited procedures, as long as prior to each expedited certification, the household either completes the verification requirements that were postponed at the last expedited certification or the household was certified under normal processing standards since the last expedited certification.