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COMBINED MANUAL

ISSUE DATE 09/2018

PROCESSING SNAP APPLICATION NON-MANDATORY VERIFICATION

0005.12.15.01

MFIP, DWP, MSA, GA, GRH: No provisions.

SNAP: At application non-mandatory verifications listed in 0010.18.02 (Mandatory Verifications - SNAP) are not required to process the application. However if an applicant wants a deduction from their income for expenses such as housing costs, medical, child support, or dependent care expenses, request verification in writing allowing 10 days for the applicant to provide the non- mandatory verification(s) even if all mandatory verification(s) have been provided.

When the 10-day period to provide the non-mandatory verification(s) extends past the 30 day processing period, do not process the application until the applicant has had 10 days to provide the non-mandatory verification(s). Send a delay notice from the MAXIS system on the 30th day.

When the non-mandatory expense verification(s) are provided within the 10-day period, process the application with the verified deduction(s) in the benefit calculation effective with the date of the application.

When the non-mandatory expense verification(s) are NOT provided within the 10 day period, process the application without the non-mandatory expense(s) included in the benefit calculation effective with the date of the application. If the non-mandatory verification(s) is provided later, allow the verified non-mandatory expense beginning with the month after the month the verification was provided.

When the applicant states they do not want the non-mandatory expense deduction used to determine their benefits for their application, and the unit has provided all the mandatory verifications, document the applicant’s verbal statement in MAXIS CASE/NOTEs. Provide the unit with a request for the non-mandatory verifications. Process the application without waiting for the 10-day period to run.

During future months of the certification period, the recipient can provide the non-mandatory expense verification. The worker will then include the non-mandatory expense in the benefit calculation for the month after the month the verification is provided. See SNAP provisions in 0008.06.01 (Implementing Changes - Program Provisions).