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Effective Month: July 2025

• Mississippi Department of Human Services’ (MDHS) SNAP program to verify all income except social security.

The Federal Data Services Hub (FDSH or Hub) reports wages from TALX and social security income from Social Security Composite (SSAC).. MDES verifies wages and unemployment compensation. MDHS Data History provides income verified by the SNAP program. Income verified through the Hub, SNAP, or MDES is designated as “Electronically Verified.” Income verified through other data sources such as SVES or PERS is designated as “Verified – Electronic Data Source.” Income That Can Be Verified Electronically • Wages • Social Security benefits • MS State Retirement benefits • Unemployment Compensation benefits • Any income reported to SNAP

All income must be verified. Verified income includes income verified through electronic data sources and income that is verified through the client or payment source. For MAGI purposes, verification requires either: • Self-Attested (SA) income paired with Electronically Verified (EV) income, i.e., SSAC, TALX, SNAP or MDES, or • Paper verification (Verified – Client or Verified – Payment Source) that verifies “current” income, or • Verified – Electronic Data Source for non-Hub electronic sources Verified income is based on “normal” income. • Normal income is defined as income that is reasonably expected to be received for the upcoming year. • Income determined to be representative of “normal” MAGI income must be verified and why the income was used must be clearly documented in the case. The calculation of the income must also be present in the record.

Verified income is based on “current” income.