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MS 7010 2 or actual expenses if the application is expedited and the verification cannot be obtained within the expedited services timeframes. This includes rent or mortgage expense, any separately billed property taxes and homeowner's insurance, and entitlement to the Heating and Cooling Costs/SUA or the non-heating and non-cooling costs/BUA as appropriate. If the household is entitled to use an actual utility expense or expenses for an unoccupied home and fails to verify the expense within the expedited services timeframes, allow the unverified expenses. If the household fails to verify the expenses within 30 days from the date of application, do not allow the household a utility expense for any unverified utility expenses. 3. Homeless households which state that they have incurred or reasonably expect to incur a shelter cost for the month may select the homeless standard allowance. Verification of the household's shelter expense is not required unless the household's statement is questionable. 4. Ask the household to provide or apply for social security numbers (SSN) prior to certification. If the household is unable to provide the required SSN, allow 30 days from the first day of the first full month of participation to apply for or provide the SSN. Providing this requested information is voluntary; however, failure to provide an SSN will result in the denial of food benefits to the individual failing to provide an SSN. Staff should advise applicants of this provision at initial certification and member add. Household members denied for this reason are considered excluded members. For newborns, the household must provide an SSN or proof of an application for an SSN at its next recertification or within 6 months after the month the baby is born, whichever is later. 5. Attempt to register the head-of-household and all other household members for work, unless otherwise exempt. a. An application can be approved for expedited benefits once the head-of-household work registers, leaving the other members' work registration pending. b. Do not delay expedited benefits for verification of questionable work registration exemptions 6. [Do not require the applicant to verify information the agency already has unless there is reason to believe that the information possessed by the agency is inaccurate, incomplete, or inconsistent. Verification documents provided by the individual less than 60 days from date of application can be used if the individual states no change in circumstance. When the postponed verification is later provided, determine if the household was entitled to the benefits that were calculated based on