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The first month of the claim will be the first of the month following the 36th day after the date the AG had knowledge of the change. The reason for this is as follows: • 10 days for client to report change; • 13 days for eligibility worker to act upon change; and • 13 days for the mailed adverse action notice.

EXAMPLE:

Client began employment on July 15th and the 36th day would be August 20th, so the first month of the claim would be September 1.

For employment, the date of knowledge is defined as the first day worked. Exceptions: • If the client withholds information or gives erroneous information at the time of application the claim starts with the month of award. • In situations where a member of the AG begins receiving benefits which they are not allowed to receive while receiving TANF (SSI, Foster Care, Adoption Assistance, Assisted Guardianship, Child Support), change processing time frames do not apply, and the claim would start with the first month benefits were received (in the case of child support, it would only affect months after the conversion date). 4620.05.05.10

DETERMINING THE FIRST MONTH OF OVER-ISSUANCE, SIMPLIFIED REPORTING

The simplified reporting waiver allows for simplified reporting households (which is all SNAP households in Indiana) to report when the household income exceeds the Federal Poverty Level for their household size within ten days after the month in which the change occurs.

Therefore, if the change is reported by the 10th day of the following month, no error or inadvertent household error claim will be involved.

EXAMPLE:

Client gets a raise on July 1 that will take effect the next week. She calculates that the raise will not put her over the 130% FPL. With the raise comes an increase in hours worked, so that at the end of August she adds up her gross pays and she is over the 130% FPL. If she reports this by the 10th of September, there is no error and no claim even though she knew of the raise on July 1 and even if the verification does not arrive in time to make the budget change until after adverse action for October.

A claim will not be established for the reason that the AG failed to report a change that it was not required to report. However, all reported changes, including those received via interface or other sources than the client’s self-report must be worked. Failure to act timely on any reported change may result in an agency error.