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FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES MANUAL

GENERAL PROCEDURES & REQUIREMENTS

FNS 115 ADMINISTRATION OF THE FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES PROGRAM

7 Change #1-2021 May 1, 2021 amount of the purchase. No money and no FNS coupons change hands. Payment is made to the retailer through a settlement process at the end of the business day. Although no PIN is used with the manual form, the process for the store to get authorized transaction approval is the same. E. EBT benefits are available 24 hours a day, seven days per week (including weekends and holidays) for FNS units that do not reside in Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers (ADTC’s). FNS benefits are issued on a monthly basis. Each month, in which a FNSU is eligible for an allotment, benefits are placed into their account. The benefit availability date is determined by the last digit of the head of household’s social security number as indicated below. Benefits are available to the FNSU at 6:00 a.m. on their issuance date F. Benefits for a FNS unit that resides in an ADTC are disbursed three times during each month the FNS unit remains eligible. The dates of disbursements are the 5th, 15th, and 25th calendar day of each month. Refer to Section 220, Authorized Representatives. If the last Digit is: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Benefits are available on: 3rd 5th 7th 9th 11th 13th 15th 17th 19th 21st

NOTE: The benefits availability date shown above is the actual calendar date. EXCEPTION: The benefit availability date for non-citizens without a SSN is the third calendar day of the month. If the head of household’s SSN is unknown and is all zeroes in NC FAST, the benefit availability day will be the third calendar date of the month.