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Title 7: SNAP Page 25 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter B: Application Processing Emergency Service Revised September 27, 2024 Determining Eligibility for Emergency Service Determining Eligibility for Emergency Service Legal reference: 7 CFR 273.2(I)(1) and (3), 273.11(a), 274.2(b) Policy: Provide emergency service to a household that:  Has $100 or less in liquid resources and less than $150 in monthly gross income; or  Has shelter costs (monthly rent or mortgage plus the applicable standard utility allowance) that are higher than its combined gross monthly income and total liquid resources; or  Has at least one member who is a migrant or seasonal farm worker, is destitute, and has liquid resources of $100 or less. (See 7-I, Emergency Services for what “destitute” means.) Procedure: When you determine how much a household has in gross monthly income:  Do not count any excluded income. See 7-E.  For self-employment, gross monthly income means the annualized monthly amount after self-employment expenses. See 7-I, Self-Employed Households, for self- employment income and expenses. Verification for Emergency Benefits Legal reference: 7 CFR 273.2(f)(1)(i); 273.2(i)(1), (2), and (4); 273.11(a); and 274.2(b) Policy: You must verify the identity of the applicant. Any other verification can be postponed, this includes, but is not limited to, verification of alien status, student status, and pending DIAL investigations. Procedure: Verify the applicant’s identity using:  A collateral contact (see Collateral Contacts), or  Any other available source of proof (see Documentary Evidence). You can postpone other verification for 30 days from the application date. See Verification for what is considered verification and what must be verified. Tell the household in writing what proof must be provided. Document in the case record what verification was postponed. Comment: When you postpone verification of:  A social security number, see 7-C, Good Cause for Not Supplying a Social Security Number.  A migrant household’s out-of-state information, more time may be allowed. See 7-I, Migrants and Seasonal Farm Workers.