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Title 7: SNAP Page 39 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter G: Case Maintenance Recertification Revised September 27, 2024 Timely or Untimely Filing an RRED  When recertifying without an interview: • Mark the incomplete sections in red, • Make a copy of the RRED for the case file, and • Send the original to the household with a written request for information. Tell the household to complete missing items as marked and return the form within 10 days. Comment: For how a RRED is issued:  By the system, see 14-B(5), Recertification.  By hand, see 6-Appendix, Form 470-2881, 470-2881(S), 470-2881(M), or 470-2881(MS), Review/Recertification Eligibility Document. Timely or Untimely Filing a RRED Legal reference: 7 CFR 273.14(c), (d), and (e) Policy: A RRED is considered timely filed when it is received in the local office by the 15th day of the last month of the certification period. RREDs filed after the 15th day of the month are untimely. An SSI household may file a RRED at the Social Security Administration office. Procedure: Households that file a timely RRED and meet all recertification requirements are entitled to recertify by the end of the current certification period and receive uninterrupted benefits. A household loses its right to uninterrupted benefits if it causes a delay in processing by missing a scheduled interview or failing to provide requested information by the due date. A household does not lose its right to uninterrupted benefits when the local office causes a delay. Comment: Households that file an untimely RRED are entitled to recertify as quickly as possible, but are not entitled to receive uninterrupted benefits. However, a household still can get uninterrupted benefits if it completes all recertification requirements by the end of its certification period. Whether a RRED is timely or untimely filed does not affect proration of benefits. Proration comes into effect only when the household causes a delay in processing or files its RRED after the end of the certification period. See Delays in Processing a RRED for examples of when benefits are prorated.