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MS 2370 [1]

Volume 2 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) MS 2370 – R. 6/1/26 – OMTL – 686 Noncompliance With Other Programs

A. [When an individual fails to comply with requirements in other programs, they will be penalized in the SNAP Program. This is to prevent SNAP from increasing due to the other program’s benefits decreasing as a result of the non- compliance.

The following Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program (KTAP) penalties will generate a disqualification:

1. Failure to cooperate with the Department of Child Support Services (DCSS), resulting in a 25% reduction in the KTAP benefit;

2. Teen parent and no adult-supervised setting;

3. 16 to 18-year-olds not in school; and

4. Cooperate with the Kentucky Works Program (KWP). If the SNAP member is exempt from work registration for any reason other than receipt of KTAP benefits, then a disqualification is imposed when the member fails to cooperate with KWP requirements.

B. When a SNAP allotment is reduced by 25%, only one 25% reduction is applied to the case, regardless of the number of members with a penalty. For KTAP cases that are being penalized because the individual failed to comply with a program requirement, consider the reduced KTAP amount in the SNAP income calculations. This policy only applies if the individual was certified for SNAP at the time the failure to perform the required action occurred. The system automatically applies penalties and disqualifications.

If there is a break in the household’s SNAP participation and a penalty was imposed prior to the break, then the penalty would still apply at reapplication if the non-cooperation with the KTAP program is still occurring.

A non-cooperation disqualification does not apply when a disqualification is applied in a medical-only case for not complying with Medical Support Enforcement (MSE). See Vol 2A, MS 4350, for additional information on disqualifications.]