GENERAL ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES
A. Households that receive SNAP and Colorado Works (CW) basic cash assistance that become ineligible for continued receipt of CW basic cash assistance because of changes in household income are eligible to receive T-SNAP, as provided for within this section. CW diversion payments are not considered basic cash assistance. CW basic cash assistance is defined in CDHS regulations at 9 CCR 2503-6. B. Households that are eligible to receive T-SNAP will have the SNAP allotment continued for five
(5) months. The household’s SNAP allotment will be continued in an amount based on what the household received prior to when the household’s income made them ineligible for CW basic cash assistance. Only the following four (4) changes will be acted upon when determining the SNAP allotment that is to be continued. 1. The loss of the CW cash grant; 2. Changes in household composition that result in a household member leaving and applying for SNAP in another household; 3. Updates to the SNAP eligibility standards that change each October 1 because of the annual cost-of-living adjustments (see Section 4.607); and, 4. Imposing an IPV disqualification. C. When the SNAP allotment is continued, the household’s existing certification period shall end, and the household shall be assigned a new five (5) month certification period. The recertification requirements that would normally apply when the household's certification period ends must be postponed until the end of the five (5) month transitional certification period. D. Households who are denied or not eligible for T-SNAP must have continued eligibility and benefit level determined in accordance with Section 4.604. E. The following households are not eligible to receive T-SNAP: 1. Households leaving the CW program due to a CW sanction; or, 2. Households that are ineligible to receive SNAP because all individuals in the household meet one of the following criteria: a. Disqualified for IPV; b. Ineligible for failure to comply with a work requirement; c. Ineligible student; d. Ineligible non-citizen; e. Disqualified for failing to provide information necessary for making a determination of eligibility or for completing any subsequent review of its eligibility; f. Disqualified for receiving SNAP benefits in more than one household in the same month; g. Disqualified for being a fleeing felon; or h. ABAWDs who fail to comply with the requirements of Section 4.310.