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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FAMILY INVESTMENT ADMINISTRATION Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Manual CATEGORICAL ELIGIBILITY Section 115 Page 7

or PAA, the case manager will issue SNAP benefits as described in section 115.3(L) of this manual. The case manager will also use any verification or information provided subsequent to the application.

The local department must be able to retrieve an original application when the application was initially denied but is subsequently authorized as a SNAP benefit or service conferring categorical eligibility. The case manager should annotate changes on the application and mail it to the household for a signature. NOTE: Do not re-interview the household. However, the local department may make mail or telephone contact with the household or its authorized representative to determine any changes in circumstances. L. The department will provide benefits from the date of the SNAP application to any household determined eligible for TCA, TDAP, or PAA that is categorically eligible within the 30-day processing standard. Prorate SNAP benefits in accordance with Section 412 (Prorating Initial

1.3 Application Processing (continued) Allotment) of this manual. A household that files a joint application that is found categorically eligible after being denied non-public assistance SNAP benefits will have its SNAP benefits for the initial month prorated from the date from which the public assistance benefits are payable, or the date of the original application, whichever is later. Assume that the household is categorically eligible at recertification in the absence of a timely public assistance recertification. M. The local department will re-evaluate the original application either at the household’s request or when the local department becomes aware of the household’s public assistance or SSI eligibility. N. One- and two-person households that are categorically eligible are entitled to at least a $24 per month allotment (plus the state