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and that Federal, State, or local law enforcement authorities are actively seeking the individual to enforce the conditions of the probation or parole.

The following conditions/policies apply to both fleeing felons and probation and parole violators defined in #3 and #4 above:

Actively seeking: Law enforcement must be actively seeking the individual, defined as: a. A Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency informs eligibility staff that it intends to enforce an outstanding felony warrant or to arrest an individual for a probation or parole violation within 20 days of submitting a request for information about the individual to the eligibility staff; b. A Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency presents a felony arrest warrant as described in #3 above for a fleeing felon; or, c. A Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency states that it intends to enforce an outstanding felony warrant or to arrest an individual for a probation or parole violation within 30 days of the date of a request from a State agency about a specific outstanding felony warrant or probation or parole violation. Verification: a. In the case of an individual self-declaring that they are a fleeing felon or probation/parole violator, whether on the application, at the interview, or otherwise, eligibility staff must verify the information from an independent source before accepting the declaration as true since the applicant may not understand the question or law enforcement may not be actively seeking the individual. b. If an eligibility staff member needs to act on an application without determining fleeing felon or probation or parole violator status in order to comply with the application processing time frames, the eligibility staff shall process the application without consideration of the individual’s fleeing felon or probation or parole violator status. This applies to expedited service as well. c. An individual is only a fleeing felon or a parole or probation violator for SNAP purposes if that individual meets the definition. Once the individual is not meeting the appropriate criteria, they may be certified. A new determination of