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MS 6710 [1]

Volume 2 – Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) MS 6710 – R. 6/1/26 – OMTL – 694 Reporting Requirements and Entering Changes for Pending Applications

Explain to the applicant their responsibility to report changes during the interview.

A. [All applicants must report changes as follows:

1. Changes related to eligibility and benefits that occur between the time an application is filed and the time of the interview must be reported at the certification interview.

2. Changes related to the household’s eligibility and benefits that occur after the interview but before approval of the application must be reported within 10 calendar days of the date of the Notice of Eligibility.

B. Changes must be completed using the following methods, regardless of which program for which the change is reported.

When a change is reported on a pending application in “Intake” mode, process as follows:

1. Enter the case via “Proceed to Verification.”;

2. Enter the appropriate information and verification. If verification is not provided, select “Not Verified.”;

3. Run eligibility. If verification is required, a new Request for Information (RFI) will be generated.]

C. Any unverified change reported on or prior to the reference date will generate an RFI that aligns with the case's timely action date. The RFI due date will be 30 days from the application date (or the next business day, if the 30th day is a weekend or holiday). The reference date is 10 days prior to the 30th day. 1. Any unverified information with an RFI due date that is the same as the case's timely action due date will be considered during application authorization.

2. Verification received by the timely action due date is used to determine eligibility and benefit amount for the initial application.

D. Any unverified change reported after the reference date will generate a new 10-day RFI. The RFI due date is 10 days from the date eligibility ran (or the next business day if the 10th day falls on a weekend or holiday).

1. All verifications received prior to case authorization are considered for eligibility and benefit calculation as part of the initial application.