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COMBINED MANUAL

ISSUE DATE 02/2022

BEGINNING DATE OF ELIGIBILITY

0022.12.02

Eligibility begins on the date of application or the date the unit meets all eligibility factors, whichever is later. Also see 0005.12.03 (What Is a Complete Application), 0005.12.09 (Date of Application), 0005.12.15 (Application Processing Standards), 0006 (Determining Financial Responsibility), 0009.03 (Length of Recertification Periods), 0022.12.03 (Proration).

For information on emergency assistance, see 0004 (Emergencies).

MFIP: For people who do not meet state residency requirements on the date of application, begin eligibility on the date they satisfy state residency requirements. See 0011.06 (State Residence).

If the client is not eligible on the date you process the application, deny eligibility for MFIP and review eligibility for any other program, including SNAP.

If client will be MFIP-eligible the month after the application month, close SNAP and open MFIP for that month. Do not require a new application. Eligibility continues through the entire certification period if the client continues to meet all eligibility factors.

Applicants may also request verbally or in writing indicate on page number 1 of the Combined Application Form (CAF) or on the Application Summary page of the MNbenefits application if they wish to have eligibility begin on a date later than the date of application. This date must be within 30 days of the date of application. Document the request for eligibility to begin at a later date in case notes. Add a comment to the notice sent to the client about the later eligibility date. Eligibility begins on the designated date, assuming all other eligibility factors are met.

DWP: For people who do not meet state residency requirements on the date of application, begin eligibility on the date they satisfy state residency requirements. See 0011.06 (State Residence).

Applicants may also request verbally or in writing indicate on page number 1 of the Combined Application Form (CAF) or on the Application Summary page of the MNbenefits application if they wish to have eligibility begin on a date later than the date of application. This date must be within 30 days of the date of application. Document the request for eligibility to begin at a later date in case notes. Add a comment to the notice sent to the client about the later eligibility date. Eligibility begins on the designated date, assuming all other eligibility factors are met.

SNAP: SNAP eligibility continues throughout the entire certification period if the client continues to meet ALL factors of eligibility.

Applicants may also request verbally or in writing on page number 1 of the Combined Application Form (CAF) or on the Application Summary page of the MNbenefits application if they wish to have eligibility begin on a date later than the date of application. This date must be within 30 days of the date of application. Document the request for eligibility to begin at a later date in case notes. Add a comment to the notice sent to the client about the later eligibility date. See TEMP Manual TE02.05.19 (SNAP Notices: Add Worker Comments). Eligibility begins on the designated date, assuming all other eligibility factors are met.

MSA: MSA eligibility begins on the 1st day of the month. A client who meets ALL eligibility factors on the 1st day of the month of application is eligible for the entire month, regardless of the date of application. Eligibility continues throughout the entire certification period if the client continues to meet ALL eligibility factors on the 1st day of each month.

Applicants may also indicate on page number 1 of the CAF or on the Application Summary page of the MNbenefits application if they wish to have their eligibility begin on a date later than the date of application. This date must be within 30 days of the date of application. MSA eligibility always begins on the 1st of the month, assuming all other eligibility factors are met.

Consider clients who gain a basis of eligibility during the month of application to have been eligible on the 1st of that month.

For applicants with excess assets on the 1st of the month, see 0015.72 (Excess Assets - Applicants).