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Title 7: SNAP Page 34 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter G: Case Maintenance Common Changes in Household Circumstances Revised September 5, 2025 Penalty for Means-Tested Program Sanction Procedure: Stop the 10% penalty when FIP is canceled or ends the sanction. To stop the penalty, see 14-B(5), Removing a 10% Reduction. Do not end a penalty when FIP ends a sanction by issuing extra benefits for a past or current month. If FIP applied a sanction in error, recalculate SNAP without the penalty for those months. Issue lost benefits or a supplemental allotment. For system entries, see 14- B(5), Removing a 10% Reduction and Recomputing Benefits for Past Months.

Mrs. N fails to cooperate with CSRU in May. Her FIP grant reduction and 10% reduction in SNAP start in June. Mrs. N cooperates with CSRU. The FIP sanction ends for August and FIP issues an additional payment for August. The 10% reduction in SNAP ends effective September 1. SNAP for August is not recalculated, because the 10% reduction for August was correctly applied when the reduction was made. Acting on IEVS and Other Automated Reports Legal reference: 7 CFR 272.8, 273.2(f)(9)(iii), and 273.12 Policy: Act on alerts and reports from the Income and Eligibility Verification System (IEVS) or other automated sources. Procedure: Check the case to see if the information has already been acted on. If not, see Chapters 14-E and 14-G. These systems manual chapters:  Provide instructions for handling specific reports, and  Tell you if the information is considered verified upon receipt. If the information is verified upon receipt, or is the result of a prisoner or death match, take action on the case. All other reports are held until recertification.

If the information meets the criteria for action during the certification period and was: Then: Previously acted on… Document this in the case record. Not previously acted on… Take action within 30 days of receiving the alert or report (or later if a third party delays providing verification).