Connecticut Department of Social Services Uniform Policy Manual: 1560.15 Beginning Dates of Assistance - Food Stamp Beginning Dates

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICESPRIVATE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 04-01-06 Transmittal: UP-06-08 1560.15 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: The Eligibility Process POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: FS Beginning Dates of Assistance _______________________________________________________________ Subject: Food Stamp Beginning Dates ______________________________________________________________________________

1560.15 A. Full Cooperation

1. For assistance units which fully cooperate in providing eligibility information, the beginning date of Food Stamp assistance is the date the Department receives a signed application, or the first day of a subsequent month in which all eligibility factors are met, if eligibility does not exist in the month of application, except for prerelease applicants.

2. For prerelease applicants who fully cooperate in providing information, the beginning date of Food Stamp assistance is the date of release from the institution, or the first day of a subsequent month in which all eligibility factors are met, if eligibility does not exist in the month of application.

B. Lack of Cooperation

For an assistance unit which causes a delay in processing due to a lack of cooperation in providing eligibility information the beginning date of Food Stamp assistance is:

1. the date the Department receives a signed application when all information required for a decision to grant is submitted within 30 days following the date of application; or

2. the date the FS applicant provides the necessary information or takes the necessary action to complete the application process, when all eligibility information is submitted in the second thirty day period.

C. Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Who Reapply Within 30 Days of Termination of Benefits

For migrant or seasonal farmworker assistance units which participated in the Food Stamp program within 30 days prior to application, the beginning date of Food Stamp assistance is the first day of the month in which the Department receives a signed application, or the first day of a subsequent month in which all eligibility factors are met, if eligibility does not exist in the month of application.

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 9-21-96 Transmittal: UP-96-17 1560.15 page 2 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: The Eligibility Process POLICY ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: FS Beginning Dates of Assistance _______________________________________________________________ Subject: Food Stamp Beginning Dates ______________________________________________________________________________

1560.15 D. Assistance Units Other Than Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers That Apply Within One Month of Discontinuance

For Food Stamp assistance units that participated in the program within one month prior to application, the beginning date of Food Stamp assistance is the date the Department receives a signed application, or the first day of a subsequent month in which all eligibility factors are met, if eligibility does not exist in the month of application.