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Volume II OMTL-638 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program R. 11/1/23 MS 7010 EXPEDITED VERIFICATION Obtain as much verification as possible, but do not delay the certification of the household if it is unlikely that the verification can be obtained within the timeframe to provide expedited benefits. This includes requests or pending information from the Disqualified Recipient Subsystem (DRS). [A. At a minimum, verify the applicant's identity by a collateral contact or readily available documentary evidence. Acceptable documentary evidence includes, but is not limited to, a driver's license (it does not matter if the license has expired), work or school ID, voter registration card, birth certificate, rent receipt, or any document that can reasonably establish the applicant’s identity.] B. Require each applicant to register for employment unless otherwise exempt. 1. If the applicant claims physical or mental disability and the disability is evident, the worker must provide a detailed description of the individual’s disability or incapacity in case comments. 2. [If the disability is not evident and the applicant refuses to work register, request verification of the disability or incapacity. If the verification is not provided within the expedited services timeframe, postpone the verification. See Volume IIA, MS 1650 (C), for acceptable verification of disability.] 3. If the household designated a representative to apply on its behalf, the representative completes the appropriate work registration forms for the head of household. C. When the household does not provide a collateral contact or otherwise provide verification of identity within the expedited services timeframe, the case reverts to the 30-day processing standard. The household also loses the right to postpone verification of other eligibility factors and the right to the special income exclusions for destitute households. If the needed verification is later provided, process the case within 30 days from the date of application. D. The following is required at the time of application but may be postponed if the application is expedited: 1. [Make all reasonable efforts to verify the household's income and all other items of mandatory verification within the expedited processing standards. However, except for identity, do not delay benefits beyond the time standards solely because these items of mandatory verification are not provided. Accept client statement as verification of resources.] 2. Postpone verification of actual utility expenses if the household is not entitled to SUA or BUA or the telephone standard and any utility expense for an unoccupied home regardless of entitlement to SUA, BUA