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Division/Section Family Support Chapter No./Name 4 – Economic Stability (ES) Part No./Name C – Case Processing Section No./Name C-800-FITAP-SNAP Changes Document No./Name C-820-FITAP Actions On Changes Effective Date September 1, 2022

11 of 12 C-825-4-FITAP - PR Reserved

C-825-5-FITAP - PR Fraud Hotline Reports

INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE FRAUD HOTLINE MUST BE INVESTIGATED. THE WORKER SHOULD CONTACT THE CLIENT REGARDING THE FRAUD HOTLINE REPORT. THIS SHOULD BE TREATED AS IF THE CLIENT HAD REPORTED THE CHANGE. A DECISION MUST BE MADE BASED UPON THE CLIENT’S STATEMENT AS THIS INFORMATION IS NOT CONSIDERED VERIFIED AT THIS POINT.

C-825-6-FITAP - PR Failure to Comply

IF THE REPORTED CHANGE IS A DECREASE, SUSPENSION, OR TERMINATION OF FITAP, KCSP, OR SSI BENEFITS DUE TO FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THAT PROGRAM’S REQUIREMENTS, DO NOT INCREASE SNAP BENEFITS. (SEE CHAPTER 4, E-400 SNAP, FOR PROCEDURES RELATED TO FAILURE TO COMPLY).

C-825-7-FITAP – PR Louisiana Department of Health (LDH)

THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES (DCFS) RECEIVES DAILY FILES FROM THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (LDH), LOUISIANA VITAL RECORDS REGISTRY (VRR) OF DECEASED INDIVIDUALS VIA LITE. DCFS RUNS A MATCH BETWEEN DECEASED INDIVIDUALS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVE SNAP AND THE ASSOCIATED FITAP OR KCSP.

LITE WILL AUTOMATICALLY UPDATE THE CASE OF EACH DECEASED INDIVIDUAL REPORTED THROUGH THE MATCH, EXCLUDE THE MEMBER, SEND THE APPROPRIATE NOTICE TO THE HOUSEHOLD, IF REQUIRED, AND GENERATE AN AUTOMATED CASE NOTE IN LITE.

C-826-FITAP - PR RESERVED

C-827-FITAP - PR SHORTENING THE CERTIFICATION PERIOD

LITE may shorten a FITAP certification period in some instances to match the * SNAP ** certification period so that the FITAP redetermination will occur in the same month that the next SNAP Redetermination is due.

C-828-FITAP - PR CHANGES LEARNED OUTSIDE COURSE OF EMPLOYMENT

DO NOT INVESTIGATE OR ACT UPON A CHANGE LEARNED OUTSIDE THE COURSE OF EMPLOYMENT. A TASK SHOULD BE SET TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HOUSEHOLD REPORTS THE CHANGE AT THE NEXT SR OR REDETERMINATION.