Time Period for Requesting an Appeal
A. A household shall be allowed to request a DRC or state-level fair hearing on the following: 1. Any action by the local office that occurred in the previous ninety (90) calendar days. 2. A loss of benefits that occurred in the previous ninety (90) calendar days. Such SNAP action shall include a denial of a request for restoration of benefits lost more than ninety
(90) calendar days, but less than a year prior to the request. 3. At any time during a certification period a household may request a fair hearing to dispute its current level of benefits. B. An aggrieved household shall be advised that the use of a DRC is optional, and it shall in no way delay or replace the state-level fair hearing process. If the household does not want a DRC but desires to have the disputed matter considered only at a state-level hearing, this fact should be indicated in the case record. In these cases, the request for an appeal shall be forwarded to the SNAP fair hearings unit.