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MS 0950 (2) payment. The Integrated Eligibility and Enrollment System (IEES) reduces benefits automatically. Benefit reduction can occur from more than one case at a time if there is more than one liable member actively receiving in separate cases. The initial benefit, when a household is first certified, cannot be reduced. Benefit reduction cannot be used to repay SNAP Employment & Training (E&T), Family Assistance Short Term (FAST), Work Incentive Reimbursement (WIN), Supportive Services, Remedial Health Care, Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (SEBT), or Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program claims.] D. The minimum benefit amount recovered each month by benefit reduction calculated by the Integrated Eligibility and Enrollment System (IEES) is: 1. SNAP Agency Error (AE) or Inadvertent Household Error (IHE) Claims - the greater of 10 percent of the monthly benefit or $10. The individual can choose to increase the reduction amount. 2. SNAP Intentional Program Violation (IPV) Claims - the greater of 20 percent of the monthly benefit entitlement or $20. The individual can choose to increase the reduction amount. 3. 10 percent of the Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program (KTAP) or Kinship Care (KC) maximum payment for claims established due to overpayments of KTAP, KC, Relocation Assistance, Education Bonuses, or Kentucky Works supportive services. A minimum amount of $1 is issued in cases with benefit reduction. 4. The $16 minimum SNAP benefit level for one and two-member households applies only to the allotment prior to reduction. Actual benefits for any size household may be zero if benefit reduction occurs. E. Tax Intercept. CMS obtains payment through intercept of State and Federal tax refunds, lottery offsets, stimulus payments, and other options. F. Expunged Benefits. Expunged benefits are applied to claims. This payment method is an automated function by IEES, and no action is required by staff. If an individual has multiple claims, the expunged benefits are applied to the oldest claim first. G. [Restorations. Claims can be offset using up to all of a restoration, as needed, for repayment. When a case is owed a restoration, IEES will match prior to issuing the restoration. When a claim(s) exists, update IEES case comments about the payment being applied to the claim(s). IEES will apply the appropriate amount of the restoration towards the amount owed in the claim(s). Any remaining amount of the restoration owed to the individual is issued to the individual by IEES.]